Ptychopyxis javanica

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Ptychopyxis javanica
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Ptychopyxis
Species:
P. javanica
Binomial name
Ptychopyxis javanica
(J.J.Sm.) Croizat
Synonyms [1]
  • Podadenia javanicaJ.J.Sm
  • Ptychopyxis angustifolia Gage
  • Ptychopyxis arborea var. cacuminum Airy Shaw

Ptychopyxis javanica is a plant species in the Euphorbiaceae. It is native to southern Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 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.
  3. van Welzen, P.C. & Chayamarit, K. (2007). Flora of Thailand 8(2): 305-592. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  4. Stoops, E. & van Welzen, P.C. (2013). A revision of Ptychopyxis (Euphorbiaceae) in southeast Asia. Nordic Journal of Botany 31: 94-112.