Pleurostylia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Celastraceae
Genus: Pleurostylia
Species: P. africana – P. capensis – P. leucocarpa – P. opposita – P. pachyphloea – P. putamen
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2019. Pleurostylia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 03. Reference page.

Name

Pleurostylia Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 157 1834

Type species: Pleurostylia wightii Wight & Arn. LT designated by Loesener in Engler et Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2. 20b: 206 (1942) .

References
Primary references

Wight, R. & Walker-Arnott, G.A. 1834. Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis: containing abridged descriptions of the plants found in the peninsula of British India, arranged according to the natural system. Vol. I. XXXVII+480 pp. Parbury, Allen, & Co., London. BHL Reference page. : 1: 157

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Pleurostylia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 03. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Pleurostylia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 03. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Pleurostylia. Published online. Accessed: October 03 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Pleurostylia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 October 2019.

Vernacular names
中文: 盾柱卫矛属

Pleurostylia is a small genus of shrubs in the family Celastraceae containing 13 described species. Of these 3 are accepted species names.[1]
Species

Accepted species in this genus:

Pleurostylia africana Loes.
Pleurostylia capensis Oliv.
Pleurostylia opposita (Wall.) Alston (from Sri Lanka to Philippines & Australia,[2] Mozambique[3])

Unresolved species of this genus:

Pleurostylia heynei Wight & Arn.
Pleurostylia leucocarpa Baker
Pleurostylia pachyphloea Tul. (endemic to La Réunion)[4]
Pleurostylia serrulata Loes. (endemic to Cameroon)[5]

References

"Pleurostylia — the Plant List".
www.endemia.nc (in French)
www.mozambiqueflora.com
publish.plantnet-project.org
www.iucnredlist.org