Tupistra is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants found in south Asia, from southern China to Sumatra and Ambon Island.Tanaka, N. (2010), A taxonomic revision of the genus Tupistra (Asparagaceae), Makinoa n.s., 9: 55-93.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. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Convallarioideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).
Species
, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) recognized 21 species:
Tupistra clarkei Hook.f. - Nepal, Sikkim Tupistra elegans N.Tanaka - Perak Tupistra fungilliformis F.T.Wang & S.Yun Liang - Yunnan, Guangxi Tupistra grandis Ridl. - Malaysia Tupistra grandistigma F.T.Wang & S.Yun Liang - Guangxi, Yunnan, Vietnam Tupistra kressii N.Tanaka - Thailand Tupistra laotica N.Tanaka - Laos Tupistra malaiana N.Tanaka - Thailand, Malaysia Tupistra muricata (Gagnep.) N.Tanaka - Laos, Thailand, Yunnan, Guangxi Tupistra nutans Wall. ex Lindl. - Assam, Bangladesh Tupistra ochracea (Ridl.) N.Tanaka - Malaysia Tupistra penangensis N.Tanaka - Penang Island Tupistra pingbianensis J.L.Huang & X.Z.Liu - Yunnan Tupistra robusta N.Tanaka - Perak Tupistra squalida Ker Gawl. - Ambon Tupistra stoliczana Kurz - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand Tupistra sumatrensis N.Tanaka - Sumatra Tupistra theana Aver. & N.Tanaka - Vietnam Tupistra tupistroides (Kunth) Dandy - Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam Tupistra urceolata N.Tanaka & W.J.Kress - Thailand Tupistra violacea Ridl. - Thailand, Malaysia
According to WCSP, the following are synonyms:
Tupistra albiflora K.Larsen = T. muricata Tupistra longispica Y.Wan & X.H.Lu = T. muricata Tupistra veratrifolia Kurz ex Dunn = T. stoliczana Tupistra verruculosa Q.H.Chen = Rohdea verruculosa (Q.H.Chen) N.Tanaka
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