Tupistra

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Nolinoideae
Tribus: Convallarieae
Genus: Tupistra
Species: T. albiflora – T. breviscapa – T. clarkei – T. densiflora – T. elegans – T. fungilliformis – T. grandis – T. grandistigma – T. hongheensis – T. khangii – T. kressii – T. laotica – T. malaiana – T. muricata – T. nutans – T. ochracea – T. patula – T. penangensis – T. pingbianensis – T. robusta – T. squalida – T. stoliczana – T. sumatrensis – T. theana – T. tupistroides – T. urceolata – T. violacea
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Tupistra in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 25. Reference page.

Name

Tupistra Ker Gawl., Bot. Mag. 1655. 1814.
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Macrostigma Kunth, Index Seminum (B) 1848: 12. 1848.
Platymetra Noronha ex Salisb., Gen. Pl.: 9. 1866.
Tilcusta Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 15. 1838.
Tricalistra Ridl., J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 4: 83. 1909.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: China
China South-Central, China Southeast.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
Regional: Indian Subcontinent
Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Nepal.
Regional: Indo-China
Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
Regional: Malesia
Malaya, Maluku, Sumatera.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References
Links

Ker Gawler, J.B. 1814. Bot. Mag. 1655.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Tupistra in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2009 Dec 23.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Tupistra in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 December 4. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Tupistra in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 December 4. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Tupistra. Published online. Accessed: 4 December 2018.
Tropicos.org 2018. Tupistra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 December 4.

Tupistra is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants found in south Asia, from southern China to Sumatra and Ambon Island.[1][2][3] In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).[4]

Species

As of August 2013, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) recognized 21 species:[1]

Tupistra clarkei Hook.f. - Nepal, Sikkim
Tupistra elegans N.Tanaka - Perak
Tupistra fungilliformis F.T.Wang & S.Yun Liang - Yunnan, Guangxi
Tupistra grandis Ridl. - Malaysia
Tupistra grandistigma F.T.Wang & S.Yun Liang - Guangxi, Yunnan, Vietnam
Tupistra kressii N.Tanaka - Thailand
Tupistra laotica N.Tanaka - Laos
Tupistra malaiana N.Tanaka - Thailand, Malaysia
Tupistra muricata (Gagnep.) N.Tanaka - Laos, Thailand, Yunnan, Guangxi
Tupistra nutans Wall. ex Lindl. - Assam, Bangladesh
Tupistra ochracea (Ridl.) N.Tanaka - Malaysia
Tupistra penangensis N.Tanaka - Penang Island
Tupistra pingbianensis J.L.Huang & X.Z.Liu - Yunnan
Tupistra robusta N.Tanaka - Perak
Tupistra squalida Ker Gawl. - Ambon
Tupistra stoliczana Kurz - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand
Tupistra sumatrensis N.Tanaka - Sumatra
Tupistra theana Aver. & N.Tanaka - Vietnam
Tupistra tupistroides (Kunth) Dandy - Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam
Tupistra urceolata N.Tanaka & W.J.Kress - Thailand
Tupistra violacea Ridl. - Thailand, Malaysia

According to WCSP, the following are synonyms:[1]

Tupistra albiflora K.Larsen = T. muricata
Tupistra longispica Y.Wan & X.H.Lu = T. muricata
Tupistra veratrifolia Kurz ex Dunn = T. stoliczana
Tupistra verruculosa Q.H.Chen = Rohdea verruculosa (Q.H.Chen) N.Tanaka

References

"Tupistra", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-08-03
Tanaka, N. (2010), A taxonomic revision of the genus Tupistra (Asparagaceae), Makinoa n.s., 9: 55-93.
Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 239, 长柱开口箭属 chang zhu kai kou jian shu, Tupistra Ker Gawler, Bot. Mag. 40: t. 1655. 1814.
Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x