Myxopyrum Explained

Myxopyrum^[1] is a plant genus native to India, southern China, Southeast Asia and New Guinea. There are at present 4 recognized species:^[2]

• Myxopyrum nervosum Blume^[1] - Borneo, Java, Malaysia, Maluku, Sulawesi, Sumatra, New Guinea
  • subsp. coriaceum (Blume) Kiew - Borneo
  • subsp. nervosum
• Myxopyrum ovatum A.W.Hill - Maluku, the Philippines, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago
• Myxopyrum pierrei Gagnep. in H.Lecomte - Hainan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Borneo
• Myxopyrum smilacifolium (Wall.) Blume - Hainan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Assam, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
  • subsp. confertum (Kerr) P.S.Green - Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
  • subsp. smilacifolium - Hainan, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

External links

• Flora of China Illustrations vol. 15, fig. 250, 4, line drawing of Myxopyrum pierrei

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/429376#page/48/mode/1up Blume, Carl Ludwig von. 1825. Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 683
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=354447 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Myxopyrum