Podadenia is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1821.Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick. 1861. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae 4. 273-274 descriptions in Latin, commentary in EnglishTropicos, Podadenia Thwaites At present, only species is recognized in the genus, Podadenia sapida, endemic to Sri Lanka.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.
formerly included moved to Ptychopyxis Podadenia javanica J.J.Sm., synonym of Ptychopyxis javanica (J.J.Sm.) Croizat
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