Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Malpighiales (111)
Family: Phyllanthaceae (5)(family description)
Genus: Glochidion (1)
Epithet: wrightii Benth. (2)
wrightii => in honor of Charles Wright (1811-1885), an U.S. American botanical collector