Pedilanthus

Euphorbia sect. Crepidaria
Euphorbia tithymaloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Subgenus: Euphorbia
Section: Euphorbia sect. Crepidaria
(Haw.) Baill.
Species
  • Euphorbia bracteata
  • Euphorbia calcarata
  • Euphorbia coalcomanensis
  • Euphorbia colligata
  • Euphorbia conzattii
  • Euphorbia cymbifera
  • Euphorbia cyri
  • Euphorbia diazlunana
  • Euphorbia dressleri
  • Euphorbia finkii
  • Euphorbia lomelii
  • Euphorbia peritropoides
  • Euphorbia personata
  • Euphorbia tehuacana
  • Euphorbia tithymaloides

Pedilanthus, the slipper spurges, was a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, now subsumed into the genus Euphorbia on the basis of phylogenic analysis in the early 2000s. The former genus is now referred to as the Pedilanthus clade or as Euphorbia sect. Crepidaria. It includes 15 species, 14 of which are restricted to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Only one species (E. tithymaloides) has a wide distribution, from the Florida to the West Indies and South America, and cultivated in all tropical regions with several cultivars.

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