Cleistanthus is a plant genus of the family Phyllanthaceae, tribe Bridelieae, first described as a genus in 1848.[3][4] It is widespread in much of the Old World Tropics in Asia, Africa, Australia, and various oceanic islands.[2][5][6] Cleistanthus collinus is known for being toxic and may be the agent of homicides or suicides.[7]
Cleistanthus | |
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Cleistanthus orgyialis[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
Subfamily: | Phyllanthoideae |
Tribe: | Bridelieae |
Subtribe: | Pseudolachnostylidinae |
Genus: | Cleistanthus Hook.f. ex Planch. |
Synonyms[2] | |
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- Species[2]
- Cleistanthus acuminatus – Sri Lanka
- Cleistanthus andamanicus – Andaman Islands
- Cleistanthus angustifolius – Luzon
- Cleistanthus annamensis – Vietnam
- Cleistanthus apodus – Queensland, eastern New Guinea
- Cleistanthus bakonensis – Borneo
- Cleistanthus balakrishnanii – Nicobar Islands
- Cleistanthus bambidianus – Gabon
- Cleistanthus baramicus – Borneo
- Cleistanthus beccarianus – Sarawak
- Cleistanthus bipindensis – Central Africa
- Cleistanthus boivinianus – Madagascar
- Cleistanthus bracteosus – Peninsular Malaysia
- Cleistanthus bracteosus – Indonesia, Philippines
- Cleistanthus capuronii – eastern Madagascar
- Cleistanthus carolinianus – Palau
- Cleistanthus caudatus – Central Africa
- Cleistanthus celebicus – Sabah, Sulawesi
- Cleistanthus chlorocarpus – Sarawak
- Cleistanthus collinus – Indian Subcontinent
- Cleistanthus concinnus – Hainan, Vietnam
- Cleistanthus contractus – Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah
- Cleistanthus coriaceus – Sarawak
- Cleistanthus cunninghamii – Queensland, New South Wales
- Cleistanthus curtisii – Peninsular Malaysia
- Cleistanthus dallachyanus – Queensland, Northern Territory
- Cleistanthus decurrens – Thailand, Philippines, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia
- Cleistanthus denudatus – Thailand
- Cleistanthus discolor – Queensland
- †Cleistanthus diversifolius – ?
- Cleistanthus dolichophyllus – Peninsular Malaysia
- Cleistanthus duvipermaniorum – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola
- Cleistanthus eberhardtii – Vietnam
- Cleistanthus ellipticus – Peninsular Malaysia
- Cleistanthus elongatus – Sarawak
- Cleistanthus erycibifolius – Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Negros
- Cleistanthus everettii – Borneo, Philippines
- Cleistanthus evrardii – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo
- Cleistanthus ferrugineus – Sri Lanka
- Cleistanthus flavescens – Peninsular Malaysia
- Cleistanthus floricola – Flores
- Cleistanthus gabonensis – Gabon
- Cleistanthus glaber – Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Mindanao
- Cleistanthus glabratus – Sarawak
- Cleistanthus glandulosus – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand, Sumatra
- Cleistanthus gracilis – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo
- Cleistanthus helferi – Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar
- Cleistanthus hirsutopetalus – Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore
- Cleistanthus hirsutulus – Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo, Vietnam
- Cleistanthus hylandii – Queensland
- Cleistanthus indochinensis – Vietnam
- Cleistanthus inglorius – Papua New Guinea
- Cleistanthus insignis – Morobe
- Cleistanthus insularis – Palau
- Cleistanthus inundatus – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Angola
- Cleistanthus isabellinus – Sabah, Philippines, New Guinea
- Cleistanthus itsoghensis – Central Africa
- Cleistanthus jacobsianus – Sarawak
- Cleistanthus kingii – Peninsular Malaysia
- Cleistanthus kwangensis – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola
- Cleistanthus langkawiensis – Langkawi
- Cleistanthus lanuginosus – Peninsular Malaysia
- Cleistanthus letouzeyi – Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
- Cleistanthus libericus – Western and Central Africa
- Cleistanthus longinervis – Peninsular Malaysia
- Cleistanthus macrophyllus – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand, Borneo, Yunnan
- Cleistanthus maingayi – Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak
- Cleistanthus major – Peninsular Malaysia
- Cleistanthus malabaricus – southwestern India
- Cleistanthus malaccensis – Peninsular Malaysia
- Cleistanthus meeboldii – Myanmar
- Cleistanthus megacarpus – Philippines, Indonesia
- Cleistanthus membranaceus – Peninsular Malaysia
- Cleistanthus micranthus – Fiji
- Cleistanthus monoicus – Guangdong
- Cleistanthus morii – Chuuk
- Cleistanthus namatanaiensis – Bismarck Archipelago
- Cleistanthus ngounyensis – Gabon
- Cleistanthus nitidus – Peninsular Malaysia
- Cleistanthus normanbyanus – D'Entrecasteaux Islands
- Cleistanthus oblongatus – Sarawak
- Cleistanthus oblongifolius – Bangladesh, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Queensland
- Cleistanthus occidentalis – western Madagascar
- Cleistanthus pallidus – Sri Lanka
- Cleistanthus papuanus – Papua New Guinea
- Cleistanthus papyraceus – Myanmar, Thailand
- Cleistanthus parvifolius – Peninsular Malaysia
- Cleistanthus patulus – India, Sri Lanka
- Cleistanthus paxii – Sarawak
- Cleistanthus pedicellatus – Guangxi, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea
- Cleistanthus peninsularis – Papua New Guinea, Queensland
- Cleistanthus perrieri – eastern Madagascar
- Cleistanthus petelotii – Guangxi, Vietnam
- Cleistanthus pierlotii – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon
- Cleistanthus pierrei – Vietnam
- Cleistanthus pilosus – Basilan, Mindanao
- Cleistanthus podocarpus – Peninsular Malaysia
- Cleistanthus podopyxis – Borneo
- Cleistanthus polyneurus – Peninsular Malaysia
- Cleistanthus polyphyllus – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand
- Cleistanthus polystachyus – tropical Africa
- Cleistanthus praetermissus – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand, Borneo
- Cleistanthus pseudopallidus – Sumatra
- Cleistanthus pseudopodocarpus – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
- Cleistanthus pubens – Borneo
- Cleistanthus pyrrhocarpus – Borneo
- Cleistanthus ripicola – tropical Africa
- Cleistanthus robinsonii – Palawan, Sibuyan
- Cleistanthus robustus – Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands
- Cleistanthus rotundatus – Cambodia
- Cleistanthus rufescens – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines
- Cleistanthus rufus – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand
- Cleistanthus salicifolius – Sarawak
- Cleistanthus sankunnianus – southwestern India
- Cleistanthus sarawakensis – Sarawak
- Cleistanthus schlechteri – from Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal
- Cleistanthus semiopacus – Queensland
- Cleistanthus stenonia – Mayotte, Madagascar
- Cleistanthus stenophyllus – Myanmar
- Cleistanthus stipitatus – New Caledonia
- Cleistanthus stipularis – western India
- Cleistanthus striatus – Borneo
- Cleistanthus suarezensis – Madagascar
- Cleistanthus sumatranus – southern China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea
- Cleistanthus tenerifolius – Sumatra, Kalimantan
- Cleistanthus tomentosus – southern China, Southeast Asia
- Cleistanthus tonkinensis – southern China, Vietnam
- Cleistanthus travancorensis – southwestern India
- Cleistanthus venosus – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Mindanao
- Cleistanthus vestitus – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Luzon
- Cleistanthus winkleri – Borneo
- Cleistanthus xanthopus – Papua New Guinea
- Cleistanthus xerophilus – Queensland
- Cleistanthus zenkeri – tropical Africa
References
edit- ^ illustration circa 1880, from Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) - Flora de Filipinas
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Planchon, Jules Émile. 1848. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 8: pl. DCCLXXIX in Latin with full-page line drawing
- ^ Tropicos, Cleistanthus Hook. f. ex Planch.
- ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 172 闭花木属 bi hua mu shu Cleistanthus J. D. Hooker ex Planchon, Icon. Pl. 8: t. 779. 1848.
- ^ Bose, A; Sandal Sejbaek, C; Suganthy, P; Raghava, V; Alex, R; Muliyil, J; et al. (2009). ""Self-harm and self-poisoning in southern India " Choice of poisoning agents and treatment". Trop Med Int Health. 14 (7): 761–5. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02293.x. PMID 19497080. S2CID 11872545.
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