Stixis (plant)

This article is about the plant (family Resedaceae). For Cerambicid beetle, see Stixis (beetle).

Stixis
Stixis suaveolens
Scientific 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

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

• Stixis hookeri Baill.
• Stixis nayarii Sundararagh.
• Stixis obtusifolia (Hook.f. & Thomson) Baill.
• Stixis ovata (Korth.) Hallier f.
• Stixis philippinensis (Turcz.) Merr.
• Stixis scandens Lour.
• Stixis scortechinii (King) M.Jacobs
• Stixis suaveolens (Roxb.) Baill.

References

1. de Loureiro J (1790) Fl. Cochinch.: 295.
2. Flora of China: Stixis

External links

• Data related to Stixis at Wikispecies