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]
| Tupistra | |
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| Tupistra chinensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nolinoideae |
| Genus: | Tupistra Baker[1] |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
editAs of August 2013[update], 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
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- ^ a b c d e "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