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. ;Species # '' Cephalocroton cordofanus'' Hochst. - Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania # '' Cephalocroton incanus'' M.G.Gilbert - Nigeria, Ethiopia # '' Cephalocroton mollis'' Klotzsch - Tanzania, Mozambuque, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia,

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# '' Cephalocroton polygynus'' Pax & K.Hoffm. - Somalia ;formerly included moved to other genera ''( Adenochlaena Cephalocrotonopsis Cladogynos Epiprinus Sumbaviopsis )''

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Epiprineae Euphorbiaceae genera Taxa named by Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter {{Euphorbiaceae-stub