Stixis (plant)

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Stixis
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Stixis suaveolens
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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.

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Species

Plants of the World Online (POWO) includes the following accepted species, as of February 2021:

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References

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