Blachia

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: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Crotonoideae
Tribus: Codiaeae
Genus: Blachia
Species: B. andamanica – B. calycina – B. chunii – B. cotoneaster – B. denudata – B. jatrophifolia – B. longzhouensis – B. pentzii – B. philippinensis – B. poilanei – B. siamensis – B. thorelii – B. umbellata
⧼Source(s) of checklist⧽:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Blachia (Euphorbiaceae) in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jun 12. Reference page.

Name

Blachia Baill., Étude Euphorb.: 388 (1858), nom. cons.

Type species: Blachia umbellata (Willd.) Baill.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Bruxanellia Dennst. ex Kostel., Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl.: 2002 (1836), nom. rej.
Deonia Pierre ex Pax in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, III: 39 (1911).

References
Primary references

Baillon, H.E. 1858. Etude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées. 684 pp. Paris. BHL Reference page. : 388.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Blachia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jun 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Blachia. Published online. Accessed: Jun 12 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Blachia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jun 12. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Blachia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jun 12.

Vernacular names
മലയാളം: ബ്ലാച്ചിയ
中文: 留萼木属

Blachia is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858.[2][3] It is native to Southeast Asia, southern China, and the Indian Subcontinent.[1][4][5]

Species[1]

Blachia andamanica - Andaman & Nicobar, S China, Assam, Bangladesh, E India, Indochina, Malaysia,, Indonesia, Philippines
Blachia calycina - SW India
Blachia cotoneaster - Laos
Blachia jatrophifolia - Hainan, Vietnam
Blachia longzhouensis - Guangxi
Blachia pentzii - Guangdong, Hainan, Vietnam
Blachia poilanei - Vietnam
Blachia siamensis - S Thailand, Hainan
Blachia thorelii - Laos
Blachia umbellata - SW India, Sri Lanka

Formerly included[1]

moved to other genera: Strophioblachia, Trigonostemon

Blachia glandulosa - Strophioblachia fimbricalyx
Blachia viridissima - Trigonostemon viridissimus

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 385
Tropicos, Blachia Baill.
Govaerts, 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 269 留萼木属 liu e mu shu Blachia Baillon, Étude Euphorb. 385. 1858.