Sphaerostylis

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'''''Sphaerostylis''''' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858.<ref>Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 466</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tropicos|url=https://www.tropicos.org/Name/40003297|access-date=2021-06-16|website=www.tropicos.org}}</ref> The entire genus is endemic to Madagascar.<ref name="e">{{Cite web|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=194035|access-date=2021-06-16|website=wcsp.science.kew.org}}</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>

;Species<ref name=e/> # ''Sphaerostylis perrieri'' <small>Leandri</small> # ''Sphaerostylis tulasneana'' <small>Baill.</small>

;Formerly included<ref name=e/> moved to other genera ''(Megistostigma Tragiella )'' # ''Sphaerostylis anomala - Tragiella anomala'' # ''Sphaerostylis cordata - Megistostigma cordatum'' # ''Sphaerostylis frieseana - Tragiella frieseana'' # ''Sphaerostylis glabrata - Megistostigma glabratum'' # ''Sphaerostylis malaccensis - Megistostigma glabratum'' # ''Sphaerostylis natalensis - Tragiella natalensis''

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Category:Euphorbiaceae genera Category:Plukenetieae Category:Endemic flora of Madagascar Category:Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon