Podadenia Explained

Podadenia is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1821.^{[1] [2]} At present, only species is recognized in the genus, Podadenia sapida, endemic to Sri Lanka.^{[3] [4]}

formerly included^[3] moved to Ptychopyxis

• Podadenia javanica J.J.Sm., synonym of Ptychopyxis javanica (J.J.Sm.) Croizat

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/527931#page/280/mode/1up Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick. 1861. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae 4. 273-274
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40012409 Tropicos, Podadenia Thwaites
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=161677 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.