''Paracroton'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the

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 1859.Tropicos, Paracroton Miq.
/ref> It is native to South and Southeast

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, as well as

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/ref> ;Species # '' Paracroton integrifolius'' (Airy Shaw) N.P.Balakr. & Chakr. -

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# '' Paracroton pendulus'' (Hassk.) Miq. - India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines # '' Paracroton sterrhopodus'' (Airy Shaw) Radcl.-Sm. & Govaerts - W New Guinea # '' Paracroton zeylanicus'' (Müll.Arg.) N.P.Balakr. & Chakr. - Sri Lanka

References

Crotoneae Euphorbiaceae genera {{Euphorbiaceae-stub