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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Plukenetieae |
| Subtribe: | Tragiinae |
| Genus: | Megistostigma Hook.f. |
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Megistostigma is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1887.[2] It is native to southern China, Assam, and Southeast Asia.[1][3][4]
- Species[1]
- Megistostigma burmanicum - Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Perlis
- Megistostigma cordatum - Sumatra, Sabah, Samar
- Megistostigma glabratum - Peninsular Malaysia, Anamba Islands, N Sumatra
- Megistostigma peltatum - Siberut, Natuna, Java
- Megistostigma yunnanense - Yunnan
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1887. Hooker's Icones Plantarum vol 16 plate 1592 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
- ^ Chakrabarty, T. & Balakrishnan, N.P. (2006). The genera Megistostigma Hook. f. and Tragia L. (Euphorbiaceae) in India. Rheedea 16: 15-28.
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 256 大柱藤属 da zhu teng shu Megistostigma J. D. Hooker, Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 16: t. 1592. 1887.