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A revision of Ptychopyxis (Euphorbiaceae) in southeast Asia
Author(s) -
Stoops Emma,
van Welzen Peter C.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2012.01591.x
Subject(s) - euphorbiaceae , biology , new guinea , southeast asia , endemism , mainland , botany , genus , ecology , ethnology , history
Ptychopyxis is a genus comprised of 11 species. Nine are found in southeast Asia mainland and west Malesia and two species are endemic to New Guinea. One of the endemic New Guinean species is newly described here, viz. P. esdras Stoops sp. nov.