Blachia (plant)

Blachia is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858.[2][3] It is native to Southeast Asia, southern China, and the Indian Subcontinent.[1][4][5]

Species[1]
  1. Blachia andamanica - Andaman & Nicobar, S China, Assam, Bangladesh, E India, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines
  2. Blachia calycina - SW India
  3. Blachia cotoneaster - Laos
  4. Blachia jatrophifolia - Hainan, Vietnam
  5. Blachia longzhouensis - Guangxi
  6. Blachia pentzii - Guangdong, Hainan, Vietnam
  7. Blachia poilanei - Vietnam
  8. Blachia siamensis - S Thailand, Hainan
  9. Blachia thorelii - Laos
  10. Blachia umbellata - SW India, Sri Lanka
Formerly included[1]

Blachia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Codiaeae
Genus: Blachia
Baill., conserved name
Synonyms[1]
  • Bruxanellia Dennst. ex Kostel., rejected name
  • Deonia Pierre ex Pax

moved to other genera: Strophioblachia, Trigonostemon

  1. Blachia glandulosa - Strophioblachia fimbricalyx
  2. Blachia viridissima - Trigonostemon viridissimus

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 385
  3. Tropicos, Blachia Baill.
  4. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 269 留萼木属 liu e mu shu Blachia Baillon, Étude Euphorb. 385. 1858.
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