Lachnostylis

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|taxon = Lachnostylis

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Lachnostylis is a genus of the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1846.Turczaninow, Nicolai Stepanowitsch. 1846. Bulletin de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 19(2): 503[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40000847 Tropicos, Lachnostylis Turcz.] It is native to the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape Provinces of South Africa.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=106754 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families] It is often included in Savia. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.{{cite journal|jstor=20443245|title=A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)|last1=Hoffmann|first1=Petra|last2=Kathriarachchi|first2=Hashendra|last3=Wurdack|first3=Kenneth J.|journal=Kew Bulletin|year=2006|volume=61|issue=1|pages=37–53}}

;Species

1. Lachnostylis bilocularis R.A.Dyer
2. Lachnostylis hirta (L.f.) Müll.Arg.