# Sphaerostylis

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'''''Sphaerostylis''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [plant](/source/plant) of the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Euphorbiaceae](/source/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](/source/endemic) to [Madagascar](/source/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](/source/Sphaerostylis_perrieri)'' <small>Leandri</small>
# ''[Sphaerostylis tulasneana](/source/Sphaerostylis_tulasneana)'' <small>Baill.</small>

;Formerly included<ref name=e/>
moved to other genera ''([Megistostigma](/source/Megistostigma) [Tragiella](/source/Tragiella) )''
# ''Sphaerostylis anomala - [Tragiella anomala](/source/Tragiella_anomala)'' 
# ''Sphaerostylis cordata - [Megistostigma cordatum](/source/Megistostigma_cordatum)'' 
# ''Sphaerostylis frieseana - [Tragiella frieseana](/source/Tragiella_frieseana)''
# ''Sphaerostylis glabrata - [Megistostigma glabratum](/source/Megistostigma_glabratum)'' 
# ''Sphaerostylis malaccensis - Megistostigma glabratum'' 
# ''Sphaerostylis natalensis - [Tragiella natalensis](/source/Tragiella_natalensis)''

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

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