Ptychopyxis

{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Ptychopyxis |authority = Miq. |synonyms = *''Clarorivinia'' <small>Pax & K.Hoffm.</small> |synonyms_ref = <ref name=l/> }}

'''''Ptychopyxis''''' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1861.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4746106#page/425/mode/1up Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm. 1861. Flora van Nederlandsch Indie, Eerste Bijvoegsel 402] in Latin</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40020500 Tropicos, Ptychopyxis Miq.]</ref> It is native to Southeast Asia and New Guinea.<ref name=l>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=170771 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>Stoops, E. & van Welzen, P.C. (2013). A revision of ''Ptychopyxis'' (Euphorbiaceae) in southeast Asia. Nordic Journal of Botany 31: 94-112.</ref>

;Species<ref name=l/> # ''Ptychopyxis arborea'' - Borneo # ''Ptychopyxis bacciformis'' - Vietnam, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines, W Malaysia # ''Ptychopyxis caput-medusae'' - W Malaysia # ''Ptychopyxis chrysantha'' - New Guinea # ''Ptychopyxis costata'' - Borneo, Sumatra, W Malaysia # ''Ptychopyxis glochidiifolia'' - Sumatra, Sarawak, Brunei, Kalimantan Timur # ''Ptychopyxis grandis'' - Borneo # ''Ptychopyxis javanica'' - S Thailand, Vietnam, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java # ''Ptychopyxis kingii'' - W Malaysia, E Sumatra, Sarawak, Sabah # ''Ptychopyxis plagiocarpa'' - S Thailand, S Myanmar

;formerly included<ref name=l/> moved to ''Koilodepas'' # ''Ptychopyxis frutescens - Koilodepas frutescens'' # ''Ptychopyxis thwaitesii - Podadenia sapida''

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Category:Pycnocomeae Category:Euphorbiaceae genera