Ptychopyxis

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Ptychopyxis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Pycnocomeae
Subtribe: Blumeodendrinae
Genus: Ptychopyxis
Miq.
Synonyms[1]

Ptychopyxis is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1861.[2][3] It is native to Southeast Asia and New Guinea.[1][4]

Species[1]
  1. Ptychopyxis arborea - Borneo
  2. Ptychopyxis bacciformis - Vietnam, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines, W Malaysia
  3. Ptychopyxis caput-medusae - W Malaysia
  4. Ptychopyxis chrysantha - New Guinea
  5. Ptychopyxis costata - Borneo, Sumatra, W Malaysia
  6. Ptychopyxis glochidiifolia - Sumatra, Sarawak, Brunei, Kalimantan Timur
  7. Ptychopyxis grandis - Borneo
  8. Ptychopyxis javanica - S Thailand, Vietnam, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java
  9. Ptychopyxis kingii - W Malaysia, E Sumatra, Sarawak, Sabah
  10. Ptychopyxis plagiocarpa - S Thailand, S Myanmar
formerly included[1]

moved to Koilodepas

  1. Ptychopyxis frutescens - Koilodepas frutescens
  2. Ptychopyxis thwaitesii - Podadenia sapida

References

  1. ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm. 1861. Flora van Nederlandsch Indie, Eerste Bijvoegsel 402 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Ptychopyxis Miq.
  4. ^ Stoops, E. & van Welzen, P.C. (2013). A revision of Ptychopyxis (Euphorbiaceae) in southeast Asia. Nordic Journal of Botany 31: 94-112.