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Genus of flowering plants

Cleistanthus
Cleistanthus orgyialis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Cleistanthus collinus in Narsapur, Medak district, India.

Cleistanthus is a plant genus of the family Phyllanthaceae, tribe Bridelieae, first described as a genus in 1848. It is widespread in much of the Old World Tropics in Asia, Africa, Australia, and various oceanic islands. Cleistanthus collinus is known for being toxic and may be the agent of homicides or suicides.

Species
  1. Cleistanthus acuminatus – Sri Lanka
  2. Cleistanthus andamanicus – Andaman Islands
  3. Cleistanthus angustifolius – Luzon
  4. Cleistanthus annamensis – Vietnam
  5. Cleistanthus apodus – Queensland, eastern New Guinea
  6. Cleistanthus bakonensis – Borneo
  7. Cleistanthus balakrishnanii – Nicobar Islands
  8. Cleistanthus bambidianus – Gabon
  9. Cleistanthus baramicus – Borneo
  10. Cleistanthus beccarianus – Sarawak
  11. Cleistanthus bipindensis – Central Africa
  12. Cleistanthus boivinianus – Madagascar
  13. Cleistanthus bracteosus – Peninsular Malaysia
  14. Cleistanthus bracteosus – Indonesia, Philippines
  15. Cleistanthus capuronii – eastern Madagascar
  16. Cleistanthus carolinianus – Palau
  17. Cleistanthus caudatus – Central Africa
  18. Cleistanthus celebicus – Sabah, Sulawesi
  19. Cleistanthus chlorocarpus – Sarawak
  20. Cleistanthus collinus – Indian Subcontinent
  21. Cleistanthus concinnus – Hainan, Vietnam
  22. Cleistanthus contractus – Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah
  23. Cleistanthus coriaceus – Sarawak
  24. Cleistanthus cunninghamii – Queensland, New South Wales
  25. Cleistanthus curtisii – Peninsular Malaysia
  26. Cleistanthus dallachyanus – Queensland, Northern Territory
  27. Cleistanthus decurrens – Thailand, Philippines, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia
  28. Cleistanthus denudatus – Thailand
  29. Cleistanthus discolor – Queensland
  30. †Cleistanthus diversifolius – ?
  31. Cleistanthus dolichophyllus – Peninsular Malaysia
  32. Cleistanthus duvipermaniorum – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola
  33. Cleistanthus eberhardtii – Vietnam
  34. Cleistanthus ellipticus – Peninsular Malaysia
  35. Cleistanthus elongatus – Sarawak
  36. Cleistanthus erycibifolius – Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Negros
  37. Cleistanthus everettii – Borneo, Philippines
  38. Cleistanthus evrardii – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo
  39. Cleistanthus ferrugineus – Sri Lanka
  40. Cleistanthus flavescens – Peninsular Malaysia
  41. Cleistanthus floricola – Flores
  42. Cleistanthus gabonensis – Gabon
  43. Cleistanthus glaber – Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Mindanao
  44. Cleistanthus glabratus – Sarawak
  45. Cleistanthus glandulosus – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand, Sumatra
  46. Cleistanthus gracilis – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo
  47. Cleistanthus helferi – Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar
  48. Cleistanthus hirsutopetalus – Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore
  49. Cleistanthus hirsutulus – Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo, Vietnam
  50. Cleistanthus hylandii – Queensland
  51. Cleistanthus indochinensis – Vietnam
  52. Cleistanthus inglorius – Papua New Guinea
  53. Cleistanthus insignis – Morobe
  54. Cleistanthus insularis – Palau
  55. Cleistanthus inundatus – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Angola
  56. Cleistanthus isabellinus – Sabah, Philippines, New Guinea
  57. Cleistanthus itsoghensis – Central Africa
  58. Cleistanthus jacobsianus – Sarawak
  59. Cleistanthus kingii – Peninsular Malaysia
  60. Cleistanthus kwangensis – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola
  61. Cleistanthus langkawiensis – Langkawi
  62. Cleistanthus lanuginosus – Peninsular Malaysia
  63. Cleistanthus letouzeyi – Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
  64. Cleistanthus libericus – Western and Central Africa
  65. Cleistanthus longinervis – Peninsular Malaysia
  66. Cleistanthus macrophyllus – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand, Borneo, Yunnan
  67. Cleistanthus maingayi – Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak
  68. Cleistanthus major – Peninsular Malaysia
  69. Cleistanthus malabaricus – southwestern India
  70. Cleistanthus malaccensis – Peninsular Malaysia
  71. Cleistanthus meeboldii – Myanmar
  72. Cleistanthus megacarpus – Philippines, Indonesia
  73. Cleistanthus membranaceus – Peninsular Malaysia
  74. Cleistanthus micranthus – Fiji
  75. Cleistanthus monoicus – Guangdong
  76. Cleistanthus morii – Chuuk
  77. Cleistanthus namatanaiensis – Bismarck Archipelago
  78. Cleistanthus ngounyensis – Gabon
  79. Cleistanthus nitidus – Peninsular Malaysia
  80. Cleistanthus normanbyanus – D'Entrecasteaux Islands
  81. Cleistanthus oblongatus – Sarawak
  82. Cleistanthus oblongifolius – Bangladesh, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Queensland
  83. Cleistanthus occidentalis – western Madagascar
  84. Cleistanthus pallidus – Sri Lanka
  85. Cleistanthus papuanus – Papua New Guinea
  86. Cleistanthus papyraceus – Myanmar, Thailand
  87. Cleistanthus parvifolius – Peninsular Malaysia
  88. Cleistanthus patulus – India, Sri Lanka
  89. Cleistanthus paxii – Sarawak
  90. Cleistanthus pedicellatus – Guangxi, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea
  91. Cleistanthus peninsularis – Papua New Guinea, Queensland
  92. Cleistanthus perrieri – eastern Madagascar
  93. Cleistanthus petelotii – Guangxi, Vietnam
  94. Cleistanthus pierlotii – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon
  95. Cleistanthus pierrei – Vietnam
  96. Cleistanthus pilosus – Basilan, Mindanao
  97. Cleistanthus podocarpus – Peninsular Malaysia
  98. Cleistanthus podopyxis – Borneo
  99. Cleistanthus polyneurus – Peninsular Malaysia
  100. Cleistanthus polyphyllus – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand
  101. Cleistanthus polystachyus – tropical Africa
  102. Cleistanthus praetermissus – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand, Borneo
  103. Cleistanthus pseudopallidus – Sumatra
  104. Cleistanthus pseudopodocarpus – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
  105. Cleistanthus pubens – Borneo
  106. Cleistanthus pyrrhocarpus – Borneo
  107. Cleistanthus ripicola – tropical Africa
  108. Cleistanthus robinsonii – Palawan, Sibuyan
  109. Cleistanthus robustus – Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands
  110. Cleistanthus rotundatus – Cambodia
  111. Cleistanthus rufescens – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines
  112. Cleistanthus rufus – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand
  113. Cleistanthus salicifolius – Sarawak
  114. Cleistanthus sankunnianus – southwestern India
  115. Cleistanthus sarawakensis – Sarawak
  116. Cleistanthus schlechteri – from Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal
  117. Cleistanthus semiopacus – Queensland
  118. Cleistanthus stenonia – Mayotte, Madagascar
  119. Cleistanthus stenophyllus – Myanmar
  120. Cleistanthus stipitatus – New Caledonia
  121. Cleistanthus stipularis – western India
  122. Cleistanthus striatus – Borneo
  123. Cleistanthus suarezensis – Madagascar
  124. Cleistanthus sumatranus – southern China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea
  125. Cleistanthus tenerifolius – Sumatra, Kalimantan
  126. Cleistanthus tomentosus – southern China, Southeast Asia
  127. Cleistanthus tonkinensis – southern China, Vietnam
  128. Cleistanthus travancorensis – southwestern India
  129. Cleistanthus venosus – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Mindanao
  130. Cleistanthus vestitus – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Luzon
  131. Cleistanthus winkleri – Borneo
  132. Cleistanthus xanthopus – Papua New Guinea
  133. Cleistanthus xerophilus – Queensland
  134. Cleistanthus zenkeri – tropical Africa

References

  1. illustration circa 1880, from Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) - Flora de Filipinas
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Planchon, Jules Émile. 1848. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 8: pl. DCCLXXIX in Latin with full-page line drawing
  4. Tropicos, Cleistanthus Hook. f. ex Planch.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Bose, A; Sandal Sejbaek, C; Suganthy, P; Raghava, V; Alex, R; Muliyil, J; et al. (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. S2CID 11872545.
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