''Ptychopyxis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...

of the

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

Euphorbiaceae first described in 1861. It is native to

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...

and

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ...

.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Stoops, E. & van Welzen, P.C. (2013). A revision of ''Ptychopyxis'' (Euphorbiaceae) in southeast Asia. Nordic Journal of Botany 31: 94-112. ;Species # '' Ptychopyxis arborea'' - Borneo # '' Ptychopyxis bacciformis'' - Vietnam, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines, W Malaysia # '' Ptychopyxis caput-medusae'' - W Malaysia # '' Ptychopyxis chrysantha'' - New Guinea # '' Ptychopyxis costata'' - Borneo, Sumatra, W Malaysia # '' Ptychopyxis glochidiifolia'' -

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the M ...

Brunei Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely sur ...

Kalimantan Timur East Kalimantan (Indonesian language, Indonesian: ) is a province of Indonesia. Its territory comprises the eastern portion of Borneo. It had a population of about 3.03 million at the 2010 census (within the current boundary), 3.42 million at th ...

# '' Ptychopyxis grandis'' - Borneo # ''

Ptychopyxis javanica ''Ptychopyxis javanica'' is a plant species 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. ...

'' - S Thailand, Vietnam, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java # '' Ptychopyxis kingii'' - W Malaysia, E Sumatra,

Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indone ...

# '' Ptychopyxis plagiocarpa'' - S Thailand, S Myanmar ;formerly included moved to '' Koilodepas'' # '' Ptychopyxis frutescens - Koilodepas frutescens'' # '' Ptychopyxis thwaitesii -

Podadenia sapida ''Podadenia'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1821. At present, only species is recognized in the genus, ''Podadenia sapida'', endemic to Sri Lanka.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (20 ...

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Pycnocomeae Euphorbiaceae genera {{Euphorbiaceae-stub