Clonostylis

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: Acalyphoideae
Tribus: Acalypheae
Genus: Clonostylis
Species: C. forbesii
Name

Clonostylis S.Moore, J. Bot. 63(Suppl.): 101. (1925)

Type species: Clonostylis forbesii S.Moore, J. Bot. 63(Suppl.): 101. (1925)
monotypic taxon

References

Moore, Spencer Le Marchant. 1925. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 63(Suppl.): 101.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Clonostylis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar. 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Clonostylis. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 16 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Clonostylis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} Mar. 16 2021.

Clonostylis is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. The sole species is Clonostylis forbesii is a flowering tree found in Sumatra. It has small glabrous leaves with an elliptic shape, arranged spirally.
Taxonomy

It was previously thought that Clonostylis S.Moore was a synonym of Spathiostemon Blume, but now Clonostylis is provisionally treated as a monotypic genus.

Since only one specimen has been found, according to the Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, and it did not exhibit fruit or staminate flowers, a more definite classification is not yet possible. (The species is unisexual, and the specimen in question had only pistillate flowers.)[1]
References

Welzen, P.C. (1998). "Malesian Euphorbiaceae Descriptions: 32. Clonostylis". Nationaal Herbarium Nederland. Retrieved 26 May 2013.

Welzen, P.C. van. 1998. Revisions and phylogenies of Malesian Euphorbiaceae: Subtribe Lasiococcinae (Homonoia, Lasiococca, Spathiostemon) and Clonostylis, Ricinus, and Wetria. Blumea 43: 131–164.