Mastixia

{{Short description|Genus of trees}}

{{automatic taxobox

| image = Mastixia arborea 15.JPG

| image_caption = Mastixia arborea

| fossil_range={{fossil range|Cenozoic}}

| taxon = Mastixia

| authority = Blume{{cite web | title = Mastixia | url = http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=122059 | work = World Checklist of Selected Plant Families | publisher = Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | access-date = 31 July 2014 }}

| synonyms =

• Bursinopetalum {{Au|Wight}}

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Mastixia is a genus of about 19 species of resinous evergreen trees, usually placed in the family Cornaceae. Its range extends from India through Southeast Asia and New Guinea to the Solomon Islands.{{cite book |last=Kubitzki |first=K. |year=2004 |chapter=Cornaceae |title=The Families and Genera of Vascular Plant |volume=6: Flowering Plants: Dicotyledons: Celastrales, Oxidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales |editor=Kubitzki |publisher=Springer-Verlag |place=New York}} Mastixia species have alternate or opposite simple broad leaves, many-flowered inflorescences, and blue to purple drupaceous fruits.

The classification of Mastixia is inconsistent due to continuing investigation into its phylogenetic relationships. Although generally placed in Cornaceae, it has also been associated with the family Nyssaceae, when that family is removed from Cornaceae. Mastixia is also sometimes separated, along with the genus Diplopanax, into the family Mastixiaceae.{{cite journal |author1=Fan Chuanzhu |author2=Xiang Qiu-yun |year=2003 |title=Phylogenetic analyses of Cornales based on 26S rRNA and combined 26S rDNA-matK-rbcL sequence data |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=90 |issue=9 |pages=1357–1372 |doi=10.3732/ajb.90.9.1357 |pmid=21659236|doi-access=free }}

Fruits of this genus are common Paleocene fossils.{{cite web|url=http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/orders/cornalesweb.htm#Nyssaceae|title=Nyssaceae|work=APWeb |access-date=2013-12-01 |authorlink=Peter F. Stevens |first=Peter F. |last=Stevens}}