Ashtonia

Ashtonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Tribe: Antidesmeae
Subtribe: Scepinae
Genus: Ashtonia
Airy Shaw

Ashtonia is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1968.[1][2] It is native to the Malay Peninsula and Borneo.[3][4]

species[3]
  1. Ashtonia excelsa Airy Shaw - Borneo
  2. Ashtonia praeterita Airy Shaw - S Thailand, W Malaysia

References

  1. ↑ Airy Shaw, Herbert Kenneth. 1968. Kew Bulletin 21: 357
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Ashtonia Airy Shaw
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ 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.


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