title: Pausandra
text: # Pausandra
  
  Pausandra is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1870. It is native to Central America and South America.
  
  ## species
  
  * Pausandra fordii Secco - Amapá, French Guiana
  * Pausandra hirsuta Lanj. - Peru (Amazonas, Loreto), Brazil (Amazonas, Acre), Bolivia (Pando), Colombia (Amazonas)
  * Pausandra macropetala Ducke - Brazil (Amazonas, Pará), Peru (Loreto), Venezuela (Amazonas)
  * Pausandra macrostachya Ducke - Pará
  * Pausandra martini Baill. - French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil
  * Pausandra megalophylla Müll.Arg. - Rio de Janeiro
  * Pausandra morisiana (Casar.) Radlk. - Brazil
  * Pausandra trianae (Müll.Arg.) Baill. - widespread from Honduras to Bolivia
  
  ## formerly included
  
  moved to Dodecastigma
  
  