Clonostylis

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Clonostylis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Acalypheae
Subtribe: Lasiococcinae
Genus: Clonostylis
S.Moore
Species:
C. forbesii
Binomial name
Clonostylis forbesii

Clonostylis is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. The sole species is Clonostylis forbesii is a flowering tree found in Sumatra. It has small glabrous leaves with an elliptic shape, arranged spirally.

Taxonomy

It was previously thought that Clonostylis S.Moore was a synonym of Spathiostemon Blume , but now Clonostylis is provisionally treated as a monotypic genus.

Since only one specimen has been found, according to the Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, and it did not exhibit fruit or staminate flowers, a more definite classification is not yet possible. (The species is unisexual, and the specimen in question had only pistillate flowers.) [1]

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References

  1. Welzen, P.C. (1998). "Malesian Euphorbiaceae Descriptions: 32. Clonostylis". Nationaal Herbarium Nederland. Retrieved 26 May 2013.