Bhesa

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Centroplacaceae
Genus: Bhesa
Species: B. andamanica – B. archboldiana – B. ceylanica – B. indica – B. nitidissima – B. paniculata – B. robusta – B. sinica
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. . Bhesa in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 07. Reference page.

Name

Bhesa Buch.-Ham. ex Arn., in Edinb. Phil. Journ. 16: 315. (1834)

Type species: Bhesa paniculata Arn., in Edinb. Phil. Journ. 16: 315. (1834)

References
Primary references

Buchanan-Hamilton, F., 1834. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 16: 315.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Bhesa in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar. 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Bhesa. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 07 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Bhesa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Mar. 2021.

Bhesa is a small genus of woody plants in the family Centroplacaceae. Its natural distribution is from southern China to New Guinea. It was formerly classified in Celastraceae, until a molecular phylogenetic study placed it in the family Centroplacaceae in the order Malpighiales.[1]

There are eight species:[2]

Bhesa andamanica N.Balach. & Chakrab.
Bhesa archboldiana (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Ding Hou
Bhesa ceylanica (Arn. ex Thwaites) Ding Hou
Bhesa indica (Bedd.) Ding Hou
Bhesa nitidissima Kosterm.
Bhesa paniculata Arn.
Bhesa robusta (Roxb.) Ding Hou
Bhesa sinica (H.T.Chang & Liang) H.T.Chang & Liang

References

Kenneth J. Wurdack and Charles C. Davis (2009), "Malpighiales phylogenetics: Gaining ground on one of the most recalcitrant clades in the angiosperm tree of life", American Journal of Botany, 96 (8): 1551–1570, doi:10.3732/ajb.0800207, PMID 21628300
"Bhesa Buch.-Ham. ex Arn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-02-03.