Ptychopyxis Explained

Ptychopyxis is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1861.^{[1] [2]} It is native to Southeast Asia and New Guinea.^{[3] [4]}

Species^[3]

1. Ptychopyxis arborea - Borneo
2. Ptychopyxis bacciformis - Vietnam, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines, W Malaysia
3. Ptychopyxis caput-medusae - W Malaysia
4. Ptychopyxis chrysantha - New Guinea
5. Ptychopyxis costata - Borneo, Sumatra, W Malaysia
6. Ptychopyxis glochidiifolia - Sumatra, Sarawak, Brunei, Kalimantan Timur
7. Ptychopyxis grandis - Borneo
8. Ptychopyxis javanica - S Thailand, Vietnam, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java
9. Ptychopyxis kingii - W Malaysia, E Sumatra, Sarawak, Sabah
10. Ptychopyxis plagiocarpa - S Thailand, S Myanmar

formerly included^[3] moved to Koilodepas

1. Ptychopyxis frutescens - Koilodepas frutescens
2. Ptychopyxis thwaitesii - Podadenia sapida

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4746106#page/425/mode/1up Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm. 1861. Flora van Nederlandsch Indie, Eerste Bijvoegsel 402
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40020500 Tropicos, Ptychopyxis Miq.
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=170771 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Stoops, E. & van Welzen, P.C. (2013). A revision of Ptychopyxis (Euphorbiaceae) in southeast Asia. Nordic Journal of Botany 31: 94-112.