Bischofia

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Bischofia

Genus of flowering plants

Bischofia is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1827.[2][3] It is native to southern China, the Indian Subcontinent, Queensland, New Guinea, and various islands of the Pacific.[1][4] It is the only member of the tribe Bischofieae. They are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants,[5] but may rarely be monoecious.[6]

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The genus Bischofia was named after Gottleib Wilhelm T. G. Bischoff, 1797–1854, German botanist,[7] by Karl Blume.[8]

species[1]
  1. Bischofia javanica Blume - S China, Taiwan, Ryukyu Is, Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Assam, Andaman & Nicobar, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Papuasia, Queensland, Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Cook Is, Society Is
  2. Bischofia polycarpa (H.Lév.) Airy Shaw - China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang)

References

  1. [1]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. [2]
    Blume, Carl Ludwig von. 1827. Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 17: 1168–1169 in Latin
  3. [3]
    Tropicos, Bischofia Blume
  4. [4]
    Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 217 秋枫属 qiu feng shu Bischofia Blume, Bijdr. 1168. 1826.
  5. [5]
    Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin. 61 (1): 37–53. JSTOR 20443245.
  6. [6]
    Wurdack, Kenneth J.; Hoffmann, Petra; Samuel, Rosabelle; Bruijn, Anette; Bank, Michelle; Chase, Mark W. (2004). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Phyllanthaceae (Phyllanthoideae pro parte, Euphorbiaceae sensu lato) using plastid RBCL DNA sequences". American Journal of Botany. 91 (11): 1882–1900. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.11.1882. PMID 21652335.
  7. [7]
    Flora of North America Vol. 12 Bischofia Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 17: 1168. 1827
  8. [8]
    Quattrocchi, Umberto (2016). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. CRC Press. p. 992.


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