Speranskia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1858.Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 388Tropicos It is the only genus of the subtribe Speranskiinae. The entire genus is endemic to China.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 223 地构叶属 di gou ye shu Speranskia Baillon, Étude Euphorb. 388. 1858.
Species Speranskia cantonensis (Hance) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Hubei, Guangdong Speranskia tuberculata (Bunge) Baill. - Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan Speranskia yunnanensis S.M.Hwang - Yunnan
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