Emmenosperma

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Emmenosperma alphitonioides leaves.JPG

|image_caption = Emmenosperma alphitonioides at Foxground, Australia

|taxon = Emmenosperma

|authority = F.Muell.

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Emmenosperma is a small genus of mostly tropical trees in the family Rhamnaceae.{{cite web |title=Emmenosperma |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Rhamnaceae/Emmenosperma/ |work=The Plant List}} The name comes from the Greek "emmeno" meaning (I cleave) and "sperma", (seed). It refers to the seeds remaining after the fruit valves have fallen away.{{cite book |url=http://rainforestpublishing.com.au/shop/rainforest-trees-of-south-eastern-australia/ |title=Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia |first=A. G. |last=Floyd |author-link=Alexander Floyd |publisher=Terania Rainforest Publishing |location=Lismore, New South Wales |year=2008 |edition=2nd, Revised |isbn= 978-0-958943-67-3 |page=325 |access-date=2011-02-19}} It is related to Jaffrea,{{cite journal |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12225-015-9593-6 |title=Jaffrea, a New Genus of Rhamnaceae Endemic to New Caledonia, with Notes on Alphitonia and Emmenosperma |first1=Helen C. F. |last1=Hopkins |first2=Yohan |last2=Pillon |first3=Elizabeth A. |last3=Stacy |first4=J. |last4=Kellermann. |journal=Kew Bulletin |publisher=Springer Science+Business Media |date=2015-10-10 |volume=70 |issue=42 |page=42 |doi=10.1007/s12225-015-9593-6 |bibcode=2015KewBu..70...42H |s2cid=255563541 |access-date=2020-08-11}} endemic to New Caledonia.