Tupistra Explained

Tupistra is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants found in south Asia, from southern China to Sumatra and Ambon Island.^[1] ^[2] In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).

Species

, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) recognized 21 species:

Tupistra clarkei Hook.f. - Nepal, Sikkim
Tupistra elegans N.Tanaka - Perak
Tupistra fungilliformis F.T.Wang & S.Yun Liang - Yunnan, Guangxi
Tupistra grandis Ridl. - Malaysia
Tupistra grandistigma F.T.Wang & S.Yun Liang - Guangxi, Yunnan, Vietnam
Tupistra kressii N.Tanaka - Thailand
Tupistra laotica N.Tanaka - Laos
Tupistra malaiana N.Tanaka - Thailand, Malaysia
Tupistra muricata (Gagnep.) N.Tanaka - Laos, Thailand, Yunnan, Guangxi
Tupistra nutans Wall. ex Lindl. - Assam, Bangladesh
Tupistra ochracea (Ridl.) N.Tanaka - Malaysia
Tupistra penangensis N.Tanaka - Penang Island
Tupistra pingbianensis J.L.Huang & X.Z.Liu - Yunnan
Tupistra robusta N.Tanaka - Perak
Tupistra squalida Ker Gawl. - Ambon
Tupistra stoliczana Kurz - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand
Tupistra sumatrensis N.Tanaka - Sumatra
Tupistra theana Aver. & N.Tanaka - Vietnam
Tupistra tupistroides (Kunth) Dandy - Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam
Tupistra urceolata N.Tanaka & W.J.Kress - Thailand
Tupistra violacea Ridl. - Thailand, Malaysia

According to WCSP, the following are synonyms:

Tupistra albiflora K.Larsen = T. muricata
Tupistra longispica Y.Wan & X.H.Lu = T. muricata
Tupistra veratrifolia Kurz ex Dunn = T. stoliczana
Tupistra verruculosa Q.H.Chen = Rohdea verruculosa (Q.H.Chen) N.Tanaka

Notes and References

Tanaka, N. (2010), A taxonomic revision of the genus Tupistra (Asparagaceae), Makinoa n.s., 9: 55-93.
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=133997 Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 239, 长柱开口箭属 chang zhu kai kou jian shu, Tupistra Ker Gawler, Bot. Mag. 40: t. 1655. 1814.