Agrostistachys

Agrostistachys
Agrostistachys borneensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Agrostistachydeae
Genus: Agrostistachys
Dalzell
Synonyms[1]
  • Sarcoclinium Wight
  • Heterocalyx Gagnep.

Agrostistachys is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1850.[2][3] It is native to Southeast Asia, New Guinea, India, and Sri Lanka.[1]

Species[1]
  1. Agrostistachys borneensis Becc. - India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines, Sumatra, New Guinea
  2. Agrostistachys gaudichaudii Müll.Arg. - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
  3. Agrostistachys hookeri (Thwaites) Benth. & Hook.f. - Sri Lanka
  4. Agrostistachys indica Dalzell - India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea
  5. Agrostistachys sessilifolia (Kurz) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
  6. Agrostistachys staminodiata Sevilla - Sumatra
formerly included[1]

moved to other genera (Pseudagrostistachys Tannodia Wetria )

  1. A. africana - Pseudagrostistachys africana
  2. A. comorensis - Tannodia cordifolia
  3. A. pubescens - Wetria insignis
  4. A. ugandensis - Pseudagrostistachys ugandensis
  1. ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Dalzell, Nicol Alexander. 1850. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 2: 41 in English
  3. ^ Tropicos