Ashtonia is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1968.[1][2] It is native to the Malay Peninsula and Borneo.[3][4] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[5]

Ashtonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Antidesmatoideae
Tribe: Scepeae
Genus: Ashtonia
Airy Shaw
species[3]
  1. Ashtonia excelsa Airy Shaw - Borneo
  2. Ashtonia praeterita Airy Shaw - S Thailand, W Malaysia

References

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  1. ^ Airy Shaw, Herbert Kenneth. 1968. Kew Bulletin 21: 357
  2. ^ Tropicos, Ashtonia Airy Shaw
  3. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. ^ Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin. 61 (1): 37–53. JSTOR 20443245.