Neoshirakia
Neoshirakia, known as milktree, is a genus of plants in the Euphorbiaceae, native to east Asia. It is part of a group first described in 1954 with the name Shirakia, but this proved to be an illegitimate name, unacceptable under the Code of Nomenclature for [algae">International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants">Code of Nomenclature for [algae, fungi, and plants|Code of Nomenclature]. The genus was later divided, with its species distributed amongst three genera: Neoshirakia, Shirakiopsis, and Triadica. Neoshirakia contains only one known species, Neoshirakia japonica, known as tallow tree, native to China, Korea, and Japan. The name Shirakia thus became a synonym of Neoshirakia because S. japonica was the type species for that genus, the species now renamed ''N. japonica.''