Pleurostylia
Pleurostylia is a small genus of shrubs in the family Celastraceae. It includes six species native to central and Southern Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands, parts of tropical Asia, New Guinea, Queensland, and Vanuatu.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCelastrales
- FamilyCelastraceae
Native toAndaman Is., Angola, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Eswatini, Hainan, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Madagascar, Malawi
Observations86
General: tropics; one species in New Guinea: Pleurostylia opposita (Wall
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Pleurostylia is a small genus of shrubs in the family Celastraceae. It includes six species native to central and Southern Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands, parts of tropical Asia, New Guinea, Queensland, and Vanuatu.
==Species== Six species are accepted. Pleurostylia africana Loes. – Kenya and Democratic Republic of the Congo to Angola, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique Pleurostylia capensis Oliv. – South Africa and Eswatini Pleurostylia leucocarpa – Mauritius Pleurostylia opposita (Wall.) Alston – eastern Mozambique to Madagascar, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, India, Indochina, Hainan, the Philippines, New Guinea, Queensland, and Vanuatu) Pleurostylia pachyphloea – Réunion Pleurostylia putamen – Rodrigues