Agrostistachys Explained

Agrostistachys is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1850.[1] [2] It is native to Southeast Asia, New Guinea, India, and Sri Lanka.[3]

Species[3]
  1. Agrostistachys borneensis Becc. - India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines, Sumatra, New Guinea
  2. Agrostistachys gaudichaudii Müll.Arg. - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
  3. Agrostistachys hookeri (Thwaites) Benth. & Hook.f. - Sri Lanka
  4. Agrostistachys indica Dalzell - India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea
  5. Agrostistachys sessilifolia (Kurz) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
  6. Agrostistachys staminodiata Sevilla - Sumatra
formerly included[3] moved to other genera (Pseudagrostistachys Tannodia Wetria)

Notes and References

  1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/776482#page/45/mode/1up Dalzell, Nicol Alexander. 1850. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 2: 41
  2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40034664 Tropicos
  3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=4803 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families