Stixis (plant)

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

Stixis
Stixis suaveolens
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

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.

  1. ^ de Loureiro J (1790) Fl. Cochinch.: 295.
  2. ^ Flora of China: Stixis