Biology:Ptychopyxis

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Ptychopyxis
Scientific classification e
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]
  • Clarorivinia Pax & K.Hoffm.

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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q7257162 entry