Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Malpighiales (111)
Family: Euphorbiaceae (77)(family description)
Genus: Euphorbia (27)
Epithet: bussei Pax (2)
bussei => in honor of Walter Carl Otto Busse, 20th century German botanist