Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2586)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2483)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2101)
Order: Malpighiales (98)
Family: Euphorbiaceae (77)(family description)
Genus: Euphorbia (27)
Epithet: desmondii Keay & Milne-Redh. (1)
desmondii => in honor of Mr. Robert Desmond Meikle (born 1923), a Northern Irish botanist from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK