Chascotheca is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae described as a genus in 1904.Urban, Ignatz. 1905. Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis 5: 14 in GermanTropicos, Chascotheca Urb. It is native to the western Caribbean.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 Chascotheca neopeltandra (Griseb.) Urb. - Cuba, Hispaniola, Cayman Islands Chascotheca triplinervia (Müll.Arg.) G.L.Webster - Cuba
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