Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Malpighiales (120)
Family: Euphorbiaceae (80)(family description)
Genus: Euphorbia (30)
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