Blachia (plant)

Blachia
Blachia andamanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Crotonoideae
Tribe:	Codiaeae
Genus:	Blachia Baill., conserved name
Synonyms [1]
Bruxanellia Dennst. ex Kostel., rejected name Deonia Pierre ex Pax

Blachia is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858. ^{[2] [3]} It is native to Southeast Asia, southern China, and the Indian Subcontinent. ^{[1] [4] [5]}

Species ^[1]

1. Blachia andamanica - Andaman & Nicobar, S China, Assam, Bangladesh, E India, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines
2. Blachia calycina - SW India
3. Blachia cotoneaster - Laos
4. Blachia jatrophifolia - Hainan, Vietnam
5. Blachia longzhouensis - Guangxi
6. Blachia pentzii - Guangdong, Hainan, Vietnam
7. Blachia poilanei - Vietnam
8. Blachia siamensis - S Thailand, Hainan
9. Blachia thorelii - Laos
10. Blachia umbellata - SW India, Sri Lanka

Formerly included ^[1]

moved to other genera: Strophioblachia , Trigonostemon

1. Blachia glandulosa - Strophioblachia fimbricalyx
2. Blachia viridissima - Trigonostemon viridissimus

Gallery

The following images all correspond to Blachia andamanica.

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References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 385
3. Tropicos, Blachia Baill.
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. Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 269 留萼木属 liu e mu shu Blachia Baillon, Étude Euphorb. 385. 1858.