''Ophellantha'' is a

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Euphorbiaceae Euphorbiaceae (), the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of Euphorbia, the type genus of the family. Most spurges, such as ''Euphorbia paralias'', ar ...

first described as a genus in 1924.Tropicos, ''Ophellantha'' Standl.
/ref> It is native to southern Mexico and northern Central America.Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246. ;Species # '' Ophellantha spinosa'' Standl. - Honduras, El Salvador, Chiapas, Veracruz # '' Ophellantha steyermarkii'' Standl. - Guatemala, Chiapas

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Codiaeae Euphorbiaceae genera {{Euphorbiaceae-stub