Tritaxis is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858. It is native to Southeast Asia, including parts of India, Sri Lanka, China Hainan, else into Philippines New Guinea, and Northern Australia (Queensland).[1] [2] Until recently, many species were listed under the genus Dimorphocalyx, first described as a genus several years later in 1861.[3] [4][5][6]
Tritaxis | |
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Tritaxis glabella | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
Subfamily: | Crotonoideae |
Tribe: | Codiaeae |
Genus: | Tritaxis Baillon |
- Species[1]
- Tritaxis australiensis - Lesser Sunda Is, Papua New Guinea, Australia: (Queensland)
- Tritaxis balakrishnanii - Andaman Islands
- Tritaxis beddomei - India
- Tritaxis cumingii - Philippines
- Tritaxis denticulata - Philippines, Malaysia (Sarawak), Indonesia: (Borneo)
- Tritaxis gaudichaudii - Vietnam
- Tritaxis glabella - India, Sri Lanka
- Tritaxis ixoroides - Philippines
- Tritaxis kurnoolensis - India (Andhra Pradesh)
- Tritaxis malayana - Thailand, Indonesia: (Borneo), Malaysia: (Sarawak), Philippines
- Tritaxis meeboldii - Myanmar
- Tritaxis moluccensis - Philippines
- Tritaxis muricata - Thailand, Indonesia: (Borneo, Sumatra)
- Tritaxis muricata - Malaysia: (Sarawak, Sabah), Philippines
- Tritaxis pauciflora - Thailand, Malaysia: (Borneo, Sumatra)
- Tritaxis poilanei - China (Hainan), Vietnam
- Tritaxis trichocarpa - Malaysia: (Borneo)
References
edit- ^ a b Kew Plants of World Online
- ^ Tropicos, Tritaxis Baill.
- ^ Dimorphocalyx Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick. 1861. Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae 278 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
- ^ Tropicos, Dimorphocalyx Thwaites
- ^ 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.
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 272 异萼木属 yi e mu shu Dimorphocalyx Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 278. 1861