Adenochlaena is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858.Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 472.Tropicos It is native to certain islands in the Indian Ocean.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, 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.
Species Adenochlaena leucocephala Baill. - Madagascar, Comoros Adenochlaena zeylanica (Baill.) Thwaites - Sri Lanka
formerly included moved to other genera (Cladogynos Epiprinus Koilodepas ) A. calycina - Koilodepas calycinum A. indica - Epiprinus mallotiformis A. mallotiformis - Epiprinus mallotiformis A. siamensis - Cladogynos orientalis A. siletensis - Epiprinus siletianus
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