Tupistra is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants found in south Asia, from southern China to Sumatra and Ambon Island.[1][2][3] In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).[4]
Species
As of August 2013, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) recognized 21 species:[1]
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Tupistra clarkei Hook.f. - Nepal, Sikkim
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Tupistra elegans N.Tanaka - Perak
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Tupistra fungilliformis F.T.Wang & S.Yun Liang - Yunnan, Guangxi
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Tupistra grandis Ridl. - Malaysia
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Tupistra grandistigma F.T.Wang & S.Yun Liang - Guangxi, Yunnan, Vietnam
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Tupistra kressii N.Tanaka - Thailand
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Tupistra laotica N.Tanaka - Laos
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Tupistra malaiana N.Tanaka - Thailand, Malaysia
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Tupistra muricata (Gagnep.) N.Tanaka - Laos, Thailand, Yunnan, Guangxi
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Tupistra nutans Wall. ex Lindl. - Assam, Bangladesh
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Tupistra ochracea (Ridl.) N.Tanaka - Malaysia
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Tupistra penangensis N.Tanaka - Penang Island
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Tupistra pingbianensis J.L.Huang & X.Z.Liu - Yunnan
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Tupistra robusta N.Tanaka - Perak
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Tupistra squalida Ker Gawl. - Ambon
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Tupistra stoliczana Kurz - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand
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Tupistra sumatrensis N.Tanaka - Sumatra
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Tupistra theana Aver. & N.Tanaka - Vietnam
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Tupistra tupistroides (Kunth) Dandy - Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam
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Tupistra urceolata N.Tanaka & W.J.Kress - Thailand
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Tupistra violacea Ridl. - Thailand, Malaysia
According to WCSP, the following are synonyms:[1]
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Tupistra albiflora K.Larsen = T. muricata
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Tupistra longispica Y.Wan & X.H.Lu = T. muricata
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Tupistra veratrifolia Kurz ex Dunn = T. stoliczana
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Tupistra verruculosa Q.H.Chen = Rohdea verruculosa (Q.H.Chen) N.Tanaka
References
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^ a b c d e "Tupistra", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2013-08-03
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^ Tanaka, N. (2010), A taxonomic revision of the genus Tupistra (Asparagaceae), Makinoa n.s., 9: 55-93.
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^ Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 239, 长柱开口箭属 chang zhu kai kou jian shu, Tupistra Ker Gawler, Bot. Mag. 40: t. 1655. 1814.
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^ Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x
