Cyttaranthus is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1955.Léonard, Jean Joseph Gustave. 1955. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 25: 286Tropicos It contains only one known species, Cyttaranthus congolensis, native to tropical Africa (Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa (Zaire), Gabon, Cabinda, Tanzania).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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