Mastixia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Cornales

Familia: Nyssaceae
Genus: Mastixia
Species: M. arborea – M. caudatilimba – M. congylos – M. cuspidata – M. eugenioides – M. euonymoides – M. glauca – M. kaniensis – M. macrocarpa – M. microcarpa – M. montana – M. nimali – M. octandra – M. parviflora – M. pentandra – M. rostrata – M. tetrandra – M. trichophylla – M. trichotoma
Name

Mastixia Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 654 (1826)

Type species: non designatus

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Mastyxia Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 8: 88 (1839), orth. var.
Bursinopetalum Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 3: t. 956 (1845)

References

Blume, C.L. von 1826. Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 13: 654. BHL
Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Mastixia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Jan. 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Mastixia. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 14 2016.
Tropicos.org 2016. Mastixia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Jan. 14.

Mastixia is a genus of about 19 species of resinous evergreen trees, usually placed in the family Cornaceae. Its range extends from India through Southeast Asia and New Guinea to the Solomon Islands.[2] Mastixia species have alternate or opposite simple broad leaves, many-flowered inflorescences, and blue to purple drupaceous fruits.

The classification of Mastixia is inconsistent due to continuing investigation into its phylogenetic relationships. Although generally placed in Cornaceae, it has also been associated with the family Nyssaceae, when that family is removed from Cornaceae.[3] Mastixia is also sometimes separated, along with the genus Diplopanax, into the family Mastixiaceae.[3]

Fruits of this genus are common Paleocene fossils.[4]
Species

As of July 2014 the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families and The Plant List recognise about 30 accepted taxa (of species and infraspecific names).[5][6]

Mastixia arborea (Wight) C.B.Clarke
subsp. macrophylla (Thwaites) K.M.Matthew
subsp. meziana (Wangerin) K.M.Matthew ex Ramamoorthy
Mastixia caudatilimba C.Y.Wu ex Soong
Mastixia congylos Kosterm.
Mastixia cuspidata Blume
Mastixia eugenioides K.M.Matthew
Mastixia euonymoides Prain
Mastixia glauca K.M.Matthew
Mastixia kaniensis Melch.
subsp. ledermannii (Melch.) K.M.Matthew
Mastixia macrocarpa K.M.Matthew
Mastixia macrophylla (Thwaites) Kosterm.
Mastixia microcarpa Y.C.Liu & H.Peng
Mastixia montana Kosterm.
Mastixia nimalii Kosterm. (M. nimali in IUCN[7])
Mastixia octandra K.M.Matthew
Mastixia parviflora H.Zhu
Mastixia pentandra Blume
subsp. cambodiana (Pierre) K.M.Matthew
subsp. chinensis (Merr.) K.M.Matthew
subsp. philippinensis (Wangerin) K.M.Matthew
subsp. scortechinii (King) K.M.Matthew
Mastixia rostrata Blume
subsp. caudatifolia (Merr.) K.M.Matthew
Mastixia tetrandra (Wight ex Thwaites) C.B.Clarke
Mastixia tetrapetala Merr.
Mastixia trichophylla W.P.Fang ex Soong
Mastixia trichotoma Blume
var. clarkeana (King) Danser
var. korthalsiana (Wangerin) Danser
var. maingayi (C.B.Clarke) Danser
var. rhynchocarpa Danser

References

"Mastixia". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
Kubitzki, K. (2004). "Cornaceae". In Kubitzki (ed.). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plant. Vol. 6: Flowering Plants: Dicotyledons: Celastrales, Oxidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales. New York: Springer-Verlag.
Fan Chuanzhu; Xiang Qiu-yun (2003). "Phylogenetic analyses of Cornales based on 26S rRNA and combined 26S rDNA-matK-rbcL sequence data". American Journal of Botany. 90 (9): 1357–1372. doi:10.3732/ajb.90.9.1357. PMID 21659236. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
Stevens, Peter F. "Nyssaceae". APWeb. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
"Mastixia". The Plant List. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
"Mastixia plant name records". The Plant List. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
"Mastixia nimali". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T33509A9788268. 1998. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33509A9788268.en.