Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Malpighiales (100)
Family: Euphorbiaceae (79)(family description)
Genus: Euphorbia (30)
Epithet: bussei Pax (2)
bussei => in honor of Walter Carl Otto Busse, 20th century German botanist