{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Epiprinus mallotiformis 8.JPG |image_caption = ''Epiprinus mallotiformis'' |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Epiprinus |authority = Griff. |synonyms_ref = <ref name=v/> |synonyms = ''Symphyllia'' <small>Baill.</small> }}
'''''Epiprinus''''' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1854.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11625799#page/529/mode/1up Griffith, William. 1854. Posthumous papers bequeathed to the honorable the East India company, and printed by order of the government of Bengal Notulae ad Plantas Asiaticas 4: 487–489] in Latin</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40004349 Tropicos]</ref> It is native to Indochina, Sumatra, southern China, and the Indian subcontinent.<ref name=v>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=70517 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>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.</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=111867 Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 249 <big>风轮桐属</big> feng lun tong shu ''Epiprinus'' Griffith, Notul. Pl. Asiat. 4: 487. 1854. ]</ref>
;Species<ref name=v/> # ''Epiprinus balansae'' <small>(Pax & K.Hoffm.) Gagnep.</small> - Vietnam # ''Epiprinus lanceifolius'' <small>Croizat</small> - Vietnam # ''Epiprinus malayanus'' <small>Griff. -</small> Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra # ''Epiprinus mallotiformis'' <small>(Müll.Arg.) Croizat</small> - southern India # ''Epiprinus poilanei'' <small>Gagnep.</small> - Vietnam # ''Epiprinus siletianus'' <small>(Baill.) Croizat</small> - Hainan, Yunnan, Assam, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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Category:Epiprineae Category:Euphorbiaceae genera Category:Taxa named by William Griffith (botanist)
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