Ptychopyxis

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: Pycnocomeae
Subtribus: Blumeodendrinae
Genus: Ptychopyxis
Species: P. arborea – P. bacciformis – P. caput-medusae – P. chrysantha – P. costata – P. esdras – P. glochidiifolia – P. grandis – P. javanica – P. kingii – P. plagiocarpa
Name

Ptychopyxis Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 402. (1861)

Type species: Ptychopyxis costata Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 402. (1861)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Clarorivinia Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, 7: 17. (1914)

References

Miquel, F.A.W. 1861. Flora van Nederlandsch Indie, Eerste Bijvoegsel 402.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Ptychopyxis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 5. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Ptychopyxis. Published online. Accessed: May 5 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Ptychopyxis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 5.

Ptychopyxis is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1861.[2][3] It is native to Southeast Asia and New Guinea.[1][4]

Species[1]

Ptychopyxis arborea - Borneo
Ptychopyxis bacciformis - Vietnam, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines, W Malaysia
Ptychopyxis caput-medusae - W Malaysia
Ptychopyxis chrysantha - New Guinea
Ptychopyxis costata - Borneo, Sumatra, W Malaysia
Ptychopyxis glochidiifolia - Sumatra, Sarawak, Brunei, Kalimantan Timur
Ptychopyxis grandis - Borneo
Ptychopyxis javanica - S Thailand, Vietnam, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java
Ptychopyxis kingii - W Malaysia, E Sumatra, Sarawak, Sabah
Ptychopyxis plagiocarpa - S Thailand, S Myanmar

formerly included[1]

moved to Koilodepas

Ptychopyxis frutescens - Koilodepas frutescens
Ptychopyxis thwaitesii - Podadenia sapida

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm. 1861. Flora van Nederlandsch Indie, Eerste Bijvoegsel 402 in Latin
Tropicos, Ptychopyxis Miq.
Stoops, E. & van Welzen, P.C. (2013). A revision of Ptychopyxis (Euphorbiaceae) in southeast Asia. Nordic Journal of Botany 31: 94-112.