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Stixis (plant)

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Stixis
Stixis suaveolens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Resedaceae
Genus: Stixis
Lour., 1790
Synonyms
  • Alytostylis Mast.
  • Covilhamia Korth.
  • Roydsia Roxb.

Stixis[1] is a South-East Asian genus of plants in the order Brassicales; they are typically lianas.[2] This genus has previously been placed in the Stixaceae (now obsolete) and Capparaceae, but under the APG IV system is now included in the family Resedaceae.

Species

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Plants of the World Online (POWO) includes the following accepted species, as of February 2021:

References

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  1. ^ de Loureiro J (1790) Fl. Cochinch.: 295.
  2. ^ Flora of China: Stixis
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  • Data related to Stixis at Wikispecies