''Distichirhops'' is a
genus of
flowering plant belonging to the
family Phyllanthaceae. The genus comprises 3 species, found in the
secondary forest
A secondary forest (or second-growth forest) is a forest or woodland area which has re-grown after a timber harvest or clearing for agriculture, until a long enough period has passed so that the effects of the disturbance are no longer evident. ...
s of
New Guinea and
Borneo. The taxon name comes from
Greek (''distichos'' meaning "in two rows" and ''rhopo'' meaning "shrub"), referring to its
distichous leaf arrangement and shrubby habit.
''Distichirhops'' is
dioecious
Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ...
, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
References
Phyllanthaceae
Phyllanthaceae genera
Dioecious plants
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