Cephalocrotonopsis

Cephalocrotonopsis is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1910.^[3][4] It contains only one known species, Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus, endemic to the Socotra Islands in the Indian Ocean, part of the Republic of Yemen.^[2][5]

Cephalocrotonopsis
Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus botanical drawing, 1888
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Acalyphoideae
Tribe:	Epiprineae
Subtribe:	Epiprininae
Genus:	Cephalocrotonopsis Pax
Species:	C. socotranus
Binomial name
Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus (Balf.f.) Pax
Synonyms[2]
Cephalocroton socotranus Balf.f.

The species is listed as vulnerable.^[1]