Megistostigma

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Megistostigma |authority = Hook.f. |synonyms_ref = <ref name=wcsp/> |synonyms = *''Clavistylus'' <small>J.J.Sm. ex Koord. & Valeton</small> }}

'''''Megistostigma''''' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1887.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16159728#page/188/mode/1up Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1887. Hooker's Icones Plantarum vol 16 plate 1592] descriptions in Latin, commentary in English</ref> It is native to southern China, Assam, and Southeast Asia.<ref name=wcsp>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=123392 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>Chakrabarty, T. & Balakrishnan, N.P. (2006). The genera ''Megistostigma'' Hook. f. and ''Tragia'' L. (Euphorbiaceae) in India. Rheedea 16: 15-28.</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=120016 Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 256 <big>大柱藤属</big> da zhu teng shu ''Megistostigma'' J. D. Hooker, Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 16: t. 1592. 1887. ]</ref>

;Species<ref name=wcsp/> # ''Megistostigma burmanicum'' - Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Perlis # ''Megistostigma cordatum'' - Sumatra, Sabah, Samar # ''Megistostigma glabratum'' - Peninsular Malaysia, Anamba Islands, N Sumatra # ''Megistostigma peltatum'' - Siberut, Natuna, Java # ''Megistostigma yunnanense'' - Yunnan

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Category:Plukenetieae Category:Euphorbiaceae genera