Clonostylis
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Clonostylis is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. The sole species is Clonostylis forbesii is a flowering tree found in Sumatra. It has small glabrous leaves with an elliptic shape, arranged spirally.
Taxonomy
It was previously thought that Clonostylis S.Moore was a synonym of Spathiostemon Blume, but now Clonostylis is provisionally treated as a monotypic genus.
Since only one specimen has been found, according to the Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, and it did not exhibit fruit or staminate flowers, a more definite classification is not yet possible. (The species is unisexual, and the specimen in question had only pistillate flowers.){{cite web |url=http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/euphorbs/specC/Clonostylis.htm |title=Malesian Euphorbiaceae Descriptions: 32. Clonostylis |last1=Welzen |first1=P.C. |year=1998 |publisher=Nationaal Herbarium Nederland |accessdate=26 May 2013}}
References
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- Welzen, P.C. van. 1998. Revisions and phylogenies of Malesian Euphorbiaceae: Subtribe Lasiococcinae (Homonoia, Lasiococca, Spathiostemon) and Clonostylis, Ricinus, and Wetria. Blumea 43: 131–164.
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Category:Monotypic Euphorbiaceae genera
Category:Endemic flora of Sumatra
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