''Paracroton'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s in the

Euphorbiaceae Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of a genus in the family. Most spurges, such as ''Euphorbia paralias'', are herbs, but some, e ...

first described as a genus in 1859.Tropicos, Paracroton Miq.
/ref> It is native to South and Southeast

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, as well as

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> ;Species # '' Paracroton integrifolius'' (Airy Shaw) N.P.Balakr. & Chakr. -

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# '' Paracroton pendulus'' (Hassk.) Miq. - India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines # '' Paracroton sterrhopodus'' (Airy Shaw) Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts - W New Guinea # ''

Paracroton zeylanicus ''Paracroton zeylanicus'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae that is endemic to south-western parts of Sri Lanka. It was first found from a Hinidumkanda Biosphere Reserve, but rapidly declined due to deforestation and ot ...

'' (Müll.Arg.) N.P.Balakr. & Chakr. - Sri Lanka

References

Crotoneae Euphorbiaceae genera {{Euphorbiaceae-stub