Discocleidion

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author= Ye, J. |author2= Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) |author3= IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group |date=2019 |title= Discocleidion rufescens |volume=2019 |page= e.T147617131A147617133 |doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T147617131A147617133.en |access-date=December 24, 2024}}

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|genus = Discocleidion

|parent_authority = Pax & K.Hoffm.

|species = rufescens

|authority = (Franch.) Pax & K.Hoffm.

|synonyms = *Cleidion sect. Discocleidion Müll. Arg.

• Alchornea rufescens Franch.
• Wetria rufescens (Franch.) Pamp.
• Acalypha giraldii Pax ex Diels
• Mallotus cavaleriei H.Lév.

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40033528 Tropicos, genus Discocleidion ][http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=63054 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, synonymy for Discocleidion rufescens ]

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Discocleidion is a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae.{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:15327-1 |title= Discocleidion Pax & K.Hoffm. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=December 24, 2024}}{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8VX2L |title= Discocleidion Pax & K.Hoffm. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=December 24, 2024}} It was first described as a genus in 1914.Pax, Ferdinand Albin, & Hoffmann, Käthe. 1914. in Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 147 VII(Heft 63): 45 It contains one accepted species, Discocleidion rufescens, endemic to China.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=63052 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, genus Discocleidion][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=110566 Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 241 丹麻杆属 dan ma gan shu Discocleidion (Müller Argoviensis) Pax & K. Hoffmann in Engler, Das Pflanzenreich 63(IV. 147. VII): 45. 1914. ]Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

;formerly included

moved to Alchornea

1. Discocleidion glabrum Merr., synonym of Alchornea glabra (Merr.) Hurus.
2. Discocleidion ulmifolium (Müll.Arg.) Pax & K.Hoffm., synonym of Alchornea ulmifolia (Müll.Arg.) Hurus.