Stixis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Resedaceae
Genus: Stixis
Species: S. hookeri – S. nayarii – S. obtusifolia – S. ovata – S. philippinensis – S. scandens – S. scortechinii – S. suaveolens
Name

Stixis Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 1: 290, 295. (1790)

Type species: Stixis scandens Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 1: 295. (1790)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Alytostylis Mast.
Covilhamia Korth.
Roydsia Roxb.

References

Loureiro, J. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis 1: 290, 295.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Stixis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sept. 8. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Stixis. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sept. 8. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. Sept. 8. Stixis. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} Sept. 8.
Tropicos.org 2020. Stixis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 Sept. 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Stixis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Stixis[1] is a South-East Asian genus of plants in the order Brassicales; they are typically lianas.[2] This genus has previously been placed in the Stixaceae (now obsolete) and Capparaceae, but under the APG IV system is now included in the family Resedaceae.
Species

Plants of the World Online (POWO) includes the following accepted species, as of February 2021:

Stixis hookeri Baill.
Stixis nayarii Sundararagh.
Stixis obtusifolia (Hook.f. & Thomson) Baill.
Stixis ovata (Korth.) Hallier f.
Stixis philippinensis (Turcz.) Merr.
Stixis scandens Lour.
Stixis scortechinii (King) M.Jacobs
Stixis suaveolens (Roxb.) Baill.

References

de Loureiro J (1790) Fl. Cochinch.: 295.
Flora of China: Stixis