Loxostylis
{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Loxostylis alata, habitus, Pretoria NBT.jpg
| image_caption =
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Loxostylis
| parent_authority = Spreng. ex Rchb.
| species = alata
| authority = Spreng. ex Rchb.
| synonyms = *Anasyllis angustifolia E.Mey.
- Anasyllis latifolia E.Mey.
- Loxostylis latifolia C.Presl
- Rhus calycina Steud.
}}
Loxostylis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Anacardiaceae.{{cite web |title=Loxostylis Spreng. ex Rchb. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1843-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=17 May 2021 |language=en}}
The genus contains a single species called Loxostylis alata.{{Cite web|title=Loxostylis alata {{!}} PlantZAfrica|url=http://pza.sanbi.org/loxostylis-alata|access-date=2021-11-06|website=pza.sanbi.org}} In English, this species goes by the common name tar wood. It has self supporting growth and is perennial.{{Cite web|title=Tar wood - Encyclopedia of Life|url=https://eol.org/pages/6935420|access-date=2021-11-01|website=eol.org}}
The IUCN lists the species as least concern due to it being a widespread species. But it’s being harmed in certain areas.{{Cite journal|last1=Williams|first1=Vivienne|last2=false.email@globaltrees.org|last3=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)|first3=Descanso House|last4=Abbott (SANBI)|first4=Tony|last5=Raimondo (SANBI)|first5=Domitilla|date=2018-06-12|title=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Loxostylis alata|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/149504697/149504699|journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species}} Its native range is Southern Africa.
Name and etymology
Loxostylis is derived from the Greek word loxos and the Latin stylis. Loxos means “crooked”, “oblique”, or “twisted”{{Cite book|last=Quattrocchi|first=Umberto|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6YIJqE3Qep0C&dq=loxostylis+etymology&pg=PA1539|title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology|date=1999-11-23|publisher=Taylor & Francis US|isbn=978-0-8493-2676-9|pages=1539|language=en}} while stylis means “style”. While alatus is Latin for “winged”.
Occurrence
It is native to Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal.{{Cite web|title=Loxostylis alata Spreng. ex Rchb. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:69870-1|access-date=2021-11-06|website=Plants of the World Online|language=en}}
Loxostylis alata is found along woodland edges, along rivers, and on the outcrops of quartz and sandstone.
Reproduction
It is dioecious.{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/ecog.01496|title=Geographic distribution and migration pathways of Pistacia - present, past and future|year=2015|last1=Kozhoridze|first1=G.|last2=Orlovsky|first2=N.|last3=Orlovsky|first3=L.|last4=Blumberg|first4=Dan G.|last5=Golan-Goldhirsh|first5=A.|journal=Ecography|volume=38|issue=11|pages=1141–1154|bibcode=2015Ecogr..38.1141K }} In spring, male flowers are white and scented while the female flowers are green but the sepals turn red or pink.{{Cite book|last=Honig|first=Marijke|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VkxiDwAAQBAJ&q=Loxostylis+alata&pg=PA312|title=Indigenous Plant Palettes|date=2014-11-01|publisher=Quivertree Publications|isbn=978-1-928209-82-9|language=en}}{{Rp|278}}
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Category:Monotypic Sapindales genera
Category:Flora of the Cape Provinces