Stixis (plant)

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.

This article is about the plant (family Resedaceae). For Cerambicid beetle, see Stixis (beetle).

Stixis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Resedaceae
Genus: Stixis
Lour., 1790
Synonyms
  • Alytostylis Mast.
  • Covilhamia Korth.
  • Roydsia Roxb.

Species

Plants of the World Online (POWO) includes the following accepted species:

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

References
  1. de Loureiro J (1790) Fl. Cochinch.: 295.
  2. Flora of China: Stixis
  • Data related to Stixis at Wikispecies
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