Alyxia 939920 218785860 2008-06-12T04:15:45Z IceCreamAntisocial 346507 wikify {{Taxobox | name = ''Alyxia'' | image = Alyxia.oliviformis1web.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = ''[[Alyxia oliviformis]]'' | regnum = [[Plantae]] | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Gentianales]] | familia = [[Apocynaceae]] | genus = '''''Alyxia''''' | genus_authority = [[Joseph Banks|Banks]] ex [[Robert Brown (botanist)|R.Br.]] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }} '''''Alyxia''''' is an [[Australasia]]n genus with 106 species from the Dogbane family ([[Apocynaceae]]). It consists of shrubs, climbers or scramblers (a plant with long stems, often with thorns to help it support itself as it climbs through shrubs). This genus occurs in [[China]], the [[Himalayas]], SE [[Asia]], [[Malaysia]], [[Australia]], [[New Caledonia]] and the [[Pacific]] Islands. There are 14 species in Australia, 21 in New Caledonia and 7 in the other Pacific Islands, including [[Hawaii]]. The [[Leaf|leaves]] are opposite or in whorls of three to seven. There are colleters present in the leaf axils, i.e. a group or tuft of mucilaginous secretory hairs. The [[inflorescence]] is axillary or terminal with solitary flowers or simple cymes. Flowers consist of five petals and five sepals. The flowers have a slender tube which expands abruptly. The stamens have short filamens and are inserted in the upper half of the corolla. The fruit is a pair of [[drupe]]s, originating from each flower. ''Alyxia stellata'' and ''Alyxia tisserantii'' are variable species and need of further study. [[Image:Alyxia.daphnoides1web.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Alyxia daphnoides]]'' (watercolor)]] ==Species== *''[[Alyxia angustifolia]] *''[[Alyxia bracteolosa]] *''[[Alyxia buxifolia]]'' : Dysentery Bush *''[[Alyxia celebica]] *''[[Alyxia daphnoides]]'' *''[[Alyxia evansii]]'' *''[[Alyxia fascicularis]]'' [[Image:Alyxia-buxifolia.web.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Dysentery Bush (''[[Alyxia buxifolia]]'')]] *''[[Alyxia flavescens]]'' *''[[Alyxia floribunda]]'' *''[[Alyxia ganophylla]]'' *''[[Alyxia globosa]]'' *''[[Alyxia graciliflora]]'' *''[[Alyxia ilicifolia]]'' *''[[Alyxia insularis]]'' *''[[Alyxia kwalotabaa]]'' *''[[Alyxia lackii]]'' *''[[Alyxia levinei]]'' [[Image:Alyxia oliviformis fruit.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Alyxia oliviformis'' fruit]] *''[[Alyxia linearifolia]]'' *''[[Alyxia longiloba]]'' *''[[Alyxia manusiana]]'' *''[[Alyxia marginata]]'' *''[[Alyxia menglungensis]]'' *''[[Alyxia minutiflora]]'' *''[[Alyxia mucronata]]'' *''[[Alyxia muguma]]'' *''[[Alyxia obtusifolia]]'' *''[[Alyxia odorata]]'' *''[[Alyxia oleifolia]]'' *''[[Alyxia oliviformis]]'' : [[Maile]] (endemic to Hawaii) *''[[Alyxia papuana]]'' *''[[Alyxia poyaensis]]'' *''[[Alyxia quadrata]]'' *''[[Alyxia racemosa]]'' *''[[Alyxia reinwardtii]]'' *''[[Alyxia ruscifolia]]'' *''[[Alyxia scabrida]]'' *''[[Alyxia schlechteri]]'' *''[[Alyxia siamensis]]'' *''[[Alyxia sinensis]]'' *''[[Alyxia solomonensis]]'' *''[[Alyxia stellata]]'' *''[[Alyxia taiwanensis]]'' *''[[Alyxia thailandica]]'' *''[[Alyxia tisserantii]]'' *''[[Alyxia tropica]]'' *''[[Alyxia uniflora]]'' *''[[Alyxia veillonii]]'' *''[[Alyxia vera]]'' *''[[Alyxia villilimba]]'' ==References== *Middleton, D.J. (2000). Revision of ''Alyxia'' (Apocynaceae). Part 1: Asia and Malesia. Blumea 45: 1-146 *Middleton, D.J. (2001). Revision of ''Alyxia'' (Apocynaceae). Part 2: Australia and Pacific Islands. Blumea 46 [[Category:Alyxia| ]] [[es:Alyxia]] [[fr:Alyxia]] [[lt:Pliegras]] [[pl:Alyxia]] [[pt:Alyxia]]