Biology:Cleistanthus
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Cleistanthus | |
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| Cleistanthus orgyialis[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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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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]
- Species[2]
References
- ↑ illustration circa 1880, from Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) - Flora de Filipinas
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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, AExpression error: Unrecognized word "etal". (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.
Wikidata ☰ Q5131114 entry
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