# Epiprinus

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|image = Epiprinus mallotiformis 8.JPG
|image_caption = ''Epiprinus mallotiformis''
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|taxon = Epiprinus
|authority = [Griff.](/source/Griff.)
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=v/>
|synonyms = ''Symphyllia'' <small>[Baill.](/source/Baill.)</small>
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'''''Epiprinus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [plant](/source/plant) of the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Euphorbiaceae](/source/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](/source/Indochina), [Sumatra](/source/Sumatra), southern [China](/source/China), and the [Indian subcontinent](/source/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](/source/Epiprinus_balansae)'' <small>(Pax & K.Hoffm.) Gagnep.</small> - Vietnam
# ''[Epiprinus lanceifolius](/source/Epiprinus_lanceifolius)'' <small>Croizat</small> - Vietnam
# ''[Epiprinus malayanus](/source/Epiprinus_malayanus)'' <small>Griff. -</small> Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra
# ''[Epiprinus mallotiformis](/source/Epiprinus_mallotiformis)'' <small>(Müll.Arg.) Croizat</small> - southern India
# ''[Epiprinus poilanei](/source/Epiprinus_poilanei)'' <small>Gagnep.</small> - Vietnam
# ''[Epiprinus siletianus](/source/Epiprinus_siletianus)'' <small>(Baill.) Croizat</small> - [Hainan](/source/Hainan), [Yunnan](/source/Yunnan), [Assam](/source/Assam), Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

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Category:Epiprineae
Category:Euphorbiaceae genera
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