Spathiostemon

Taxobox
name = "Spathiostemon"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Euphorbiaceae
subfamilia = Acalyphoideae
tribus = Acalypheae
subtribus = Lasiococcinae
genus = "Spathiostemon"
genus_authority = Blume
type_species = "Spathiostemon javensis"
type_species_authority = Blume
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Spathiostemon javensis"
**"Spathiostemon javensis" var. "nimae"
*" Spathiostemon moniliformis"

"Spathiostemon" is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae comprising 2 species. One of them is endemic to Peninsular Thailand, the other one ranging throughout Malesia (from the Malay Peninsula to Papua New Guinea, though absent from Sumatra).

ynonyms

*"Polydragma" Hook.f.

Taxonomy note

It was thought that "Clonostylis" S.Moore was a synonym of "Spathiostemon" Blume. "Clonostylis" is now provisionally treated as a monotypic genus based on "Clonostylis forbesii".