Kingdom: Plantae (2629)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2532)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2141)
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