''Podadenia'' 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 as a genus in 1821. At present, only species is recognized in the genus, ''Podadenia sapida'',

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Ptychopyxis ''Ptychopyxis'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1861. It is native to Southeast Asia and New Guinea.Stoops, E. & van Welzen, P.C. (2013). A revision of ''Ptychopyxis'' (Euphorbiaceae) in southeast Asia. Nordic J ...

'' *''Podadenia javanica'' J.J.Sm., synonym of ''

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. ...

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Pycnocomeae Monotypic Euphorbiaceae genera Flora of Sri Lanka {{Euphorbiaceae-stub