''Mastixia'' is a genus of about 19 species of resinous evergreen trees, usually placed in the family
Cornaceae
The Cornaceae are a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants in the order Cornales. The family contains approximately 85 species in two genera, '' Alangium'' and '' Cornus''. They are mostly trees and shrubs, which may be deciduous or evergreen, ...
. Its range extends from India through Southeast Asia and New Guinea to the Solomon Islands.
''Mastixia'' species have alternate or opposite simple broad leaves, many-flowered
inflorescence
In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a mai ...
s, and blue to purple
drupaceous
In botany, a drupe (or stone fruit) is a type of fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a single shell (the ''pip'' (UK), ''pit'' (US), ''stone'', or ''pyrena'') of hardened endocarp with a seed ...
fruits.
The classification of ''Mastixia'' is inconsistent due to continuing investigation into its
phylogenetic
In biology, phylogenetics () is the study of the evolutionary history of life using observable characteristics of organisms (or genes), which is known as phylogenetic inference. It infers the relationship among organisms based on empirical dat ...
relationships. Although generally placed in Cornaceae, it has also been associated with the family
Nyssaceae
Nyssaceae is a family of flowering trees sometimes included in the dogwood family (Cornaceae). Nyssaceae is composed of 37 known species in the following five genera:Averyanov, L. V. & Hiep, N. T. (2002). ''Diplopanax vietnamensis'', a New Speci ...
, when that family is removed from Cornaceae.
''Mastixia'' is also sometimes separated, along with the genus ''
Diplopanax'', into the family Mastixiaceae.
Fruits of this genus are common
Paleocene
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fossils.
Species
the ''
World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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'' and ''
The Plant List
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'' recognise about 30 accepted
taxa
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(of species and infraspecific names).
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Mastixia arborea
''Mastixia arborea'' is a species of plant in the Nyssaceae family. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.
References
arborea
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subsp. ''macrophylla''
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subsp. ''meziana''
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Mastixia caudatilimba
''Mastixia'' is a genus of about 19 species of resinous evergreen trees, usually placed in the family Cornaceae. Its range extends from India through Southeast Asia and New Guinea to the Solomon Islands. ''Mastixia'' species have alternate or opp ...
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Mastixia congylos
''Mastixia'' is a genus of about 19 species of resinous evergreen trees, usually placed in the family Cornaceae. Its range extends from India through Southeast Asia and New Guinea to the Solomon Islands. ''Mastixia'' species have alternate or opp ...
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Mastixia cuspidata
''Mastixia cuspidata'' is a tree in the family Nyssaceae. The specific epithet ' is from the Latin meaning 'sharp-pointed', referring to the leaf apex.
Description
''Mastixia cuspidata'' grows as a tree measuring up to tall with a trunk diamete ...
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Mastixia eugenioides''
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Mastixia euonymoides
''Mastixia'' is a genus of about 19 species of resinous evergreen trees, usually placed in the family Cornaceae. Its range extends from India through Southeast Asia and New Guinea to the Solomon Islands. ''Mastixia'' species have alternate or opp ...
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Mastixia glauca
''Mastixia glauca'' is a tree in the family Nyssaceae. The specific epithet ' is from the Greek meaning "bluish-grey", referring to the colour of the leaf underside.
Description
''Mastixia glauca'' grows as a tree measuring up to tall with a t ...
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Mastixia kaniensis
''Mastixia'' is a genus of about 19 species of resinous evergreen trees, usually placed in the family Cornaceae. Its range extends from India through Southeast Asia and New Guinea to the Solomon Islands. ''Mastixia'' species have alternate or opp ...
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subsp. ''ledermannii''
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Mastixia macrocarpa
''Mastixia macrocarpa'' is a tree in the family Nyssaceae. The specific epithet ' is from the Greek meaning "large fruit".
Description
''Mastixia macrocarpa'' grows as a tree measuring up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The pale green ...
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Mastixia macrophylla
''Mastixia macrophylla'' is a species of plant in the Nyssaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asi ...
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Mastixia microcarpa
''Mastixia'' is a genus of about 19 species of resinous evergreen trees, usually placed in the family Cornaceae. Its range extends from India through Southeast Asia and New Guinea to the Solomon Islands. ''Mastixia'' species have alternate or opp ...
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Mastixia montana
''Mastixia'' is a genus of about 19 species of resinous evergreen trees, usually placed in the family Cornaceae. Its range extends from India through Southeast Asia and New Guinea to the Solomon Islands. ''Mastixia'' species have alternate or opp ...
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Mastixia nimali
''Mastixia nimali'' is a species of plant in the Nyssaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It ...
i'' (''M. nimali'' in IUCN
)
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Mastixia octandra
''Mastixia'' is a genus of about 19 species of resinous evergreen trees, usually placed in the family Cornaceae. Its range extends from India through Southeast Asia and New Guinea to the Solomon Islands. ''Mastixia'' species have alternate or opp ...
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Mastixia parviflora
''Mastixia'' is a genus of about 19 species of resinous evergreen trees, usually placed in the family Cornaceae. Its range extends from India through Southeast Asia and New Guinea to the Solomon Islands. ''Mastixia'' species have alternate or opp ...
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Mastixia pentandra
''Mastixia'' is a genus of about 19 species of resinous evergreen trees, usually placed in the family Cornaceae. Its range extends from India through Southeast Asia and New Guinea to the Solomon Islands. ''Mastixia'' species have alternate or opp ...
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subsp. ''cambodiana''
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subsp. ''chinensis''
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subsp. ''philippinensis''
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subsp. ''scortechinii''
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Mastixia rostrata
''Mastixia'' is a genus of about 19 species of resinous evergreen trees, usually placed in the family Cornaceae. Its range extends from India through Southeast Asia and New Guinea to the Solomon Islands. ''Mastixia'' species have alternate or opp ...
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subsp. ''caudatifolia''
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Mastixia tetrandra
''Mastixia tetrandra'' is a species of plant in the Nyssaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. ...
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Mastixia tetrapetala''
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Mastixia trichophylla''
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Mastixia trichotoma''
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var. ''clarkeana''
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var. ''korthalsiana''
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var. ''maingayi''
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var. ''rhynchocarpa''
References
Cornales genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Blume
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