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Ptychopyxis

Ptychopyxis is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1861. It is native to Southeast Asia and New Guinea.SpeciesPtychopyxis arborea - Borneo Ptychopyxis bacciformis - Vietnam, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines, W Malaysia Ptychopyxis caput-medusae - W Malaysia Ptychopyxis chrysantha - New Guinea Ptychopyxis costata - Borneo, Sumatra, W Malaysia Ptychopyxis glochidiifolia - Sumatra, Sarawak, Brunei, Kalimantan Timur Ptychopyxis grandis - Borneo Ptychopyxis javanica - S Thailand, Vietnam, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java Ptychopyxis kingii - W Malaysia, E Sumatra, Sarawak, Sabah Ptychopyxis plagiocarpa - S Thailand, S Myanmarformerly included

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Pycnocomeae
Subtribe: Blumeodendrinae
Genus: Ptychopyxis
Miq.
Synonyms1

Ptychopyxis is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1861.23 It is native to Southeast Asia and New Guinea.14

Species1
  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 included1

moved to Koilodepas

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

References

  1. 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.