Maidenbush

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For the genus Leptopus Klotzsch & Garcke, see its current synonym Euphorbia.
Maidenbush
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Tribe: Phyllantheae
Subtribe: Leptopinae
Genus: Leptopus
Decne.
Species
  • Leptopus chinensis
  • Leptopus phyllanthoides
  • etc.

The maidenbush (genus Leptopus) is a group of plants under the Phyllanthaceae family. It is the only genus of the subtribe Leptopinae and comprises 10 species, distributed from Asia, Australia to America.

[edit] Synonymy

This genus is known under several other names: