Cleistanthus is a plant genus of the family Phyllanthaceae, tribe Bridelieae, first described as a genus in 1848.[3][4] It is widespread in much of the Old World Tropics in Asia, Africa, Australia, and various oceanic islands.[2][5][6] Cleistanthus collinus is known for being toxic and may be the agent of homicides or suicides.[7]

Cleistanthus
Cleistanthus orgyialis[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Phyllanthoideae
Tribe: Bridelieae
Subtribe: Pseudolachnostylidinae
Genus: Cleistanthus
Hook.f. ex Planch.
Synonyms[2]
Cleistanthus collinus in Narsapur, Medak district, India.
Species[2]
  1. Cleistanthus acuminatus – Sri Lanka
  2. Cleistanthus andamanicusAndaman Islands
  3. Cleistanthus angustifoliusLuzon
  4. Cleistanthus annamensis – Vietnam
  5. Cleistanthus apodusQueensland, eastern New Guinea
  6. Cleistanthus bakonensisBorneo
  7. Cleistanthus balakrishnaniiNicobar Islands
  8. Cleistanthus bambidianusGabon
  9. Cleistanthus baramicus – Borneo
  10. Cleistanthus beccarianusSarawak
  11. Cleistanthus bipindensis – Central Africa
  12. Cleistanthus boivinianus – Madagascar
  13. Cleistanthus bracteosusPeninsular Malaysia
  14. Cleistanthus bracteosus – Indonesia, Philippines
  15. Cleistanthus capuronii – eastern Madagascar
  16. Cleistanthus carolinianusPalau
  17. Cleistanthus caudatus – Central Africa
  18. Cleistanthus celebicus – Sabah, Sulawesi
  19. Cleistanthus chlorocarpus – Sarawak
  20. Cleistanthus collinus – Indian Subcontinent
  21. Cleistanthus concinnusHainan, Vietnam
  22. Cleistanthus contractus – Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah
  23. Cleistanthus coriaceus – Sarawak
  24. Cleistanthus cunninghamii – Queensland, New South Wales
  25. Cleistanthus curtisii – Peninsular Malaysia
  26. Cleistanthus dallachyanus – Queensland, Northern Territory
  27. Cleistanthus decurrens – Thailand, Philippines, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia
  28. Cleistanthus denudatus – Thailand
  29. Cleistanthus discolor – Queensland
  30. Cleistanthus diversifolius – ?
  31. Cleistanthus dolichophyllus – Peninsular Malaysia
  32. Cleistanthus duvipermaniorumDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Angola
  33. Cleistanthus eberhardtii – Vietnam
  34. Cleistanthus ellipticus – Peninsular Malaysia
  35. Cleistanthus elongatus – Sarawak
  36. Cleistanthus erycibifolius – Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Negros
  37. Cleistanthus everettii – Borneo, Philippines
  38. Cleistanthus evrardii – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo
  39. Cleistanthus ferrugineus – Sri Lanka
  40. Cleistanthus flavescens – Peninsular Malaysia
  41. Cleistanthus floricolaFlores
  42. Cleistanthus gabonensis – Gabon
  43. Cleistanthus glaber – Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Mindanao
  44. Cleistanthus glabratus – Sarawak
  45. Cleistanthus glandulosus – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand, Sumatra
  46. Cleistanthus gracilis – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo
  47. Cleistanthus helferi – Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar
  48. Cleistanthus hirsutopetalus – Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore
  49. Cleistanthus hirsutulus – Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo, Vietnam
  50. Cleistanthus hylandii – Queensland
  51. Cleistanthus indochinensis – Vietnam
  52. Cleistanthus ingloriusPapua New Guinea
  53. Cleistanthus insignisMorobe
  54. Cleistanthus insularis – Palau
  55. Cleistanthus inundatus – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Angola
  56. Cleistanthus isabellinus – Sabah, Philippines, New Guinea
  57. Cleistanthus itsoghensis – Central Africa
  58. Cleistanthus jacobsianus – Sarawak
  59. Cleistanthus kingii – Peninsular Malaysia
  60. Cleistanthus kwangensis – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola
  61. Cleistanthus langkawiensisLangkawi
  62. Cleistanthus lanuginosus – Peninsular Malaysia
  63. Cleistanthus letouzeyi – Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
  64. Cleistanthus libericus – Western and Central Africa
  65. Cleistanthus longinervis – Peninsular Malaysia
  66. Cleistanthus macrophyllus – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand, Borneo, Yunnan
  67. Cleistanthus maingayi – Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak
  68. Cleistanthus major – Peninsular Malaysia
  69. Cleistanthus malabaricus – southwestern India
  70. Cleistanthus malaccensis – Peninsular Malaysia
  71. Cleistanthus meeboldii – Myanmar
  72. Cleistanthus megacarpus – Philippines, Indonesia
  73. Cleistanthus membranaceus – Peninsular Malaysia
  74. Cleistanthus micranthus – Fiji
  75. Cleistanthus monoicusGuangdong
  76. Cleistanthus moriiChuuk
  77. Cleistanthus namatanaiensisBismarck Archipelago
  78. Cleistanthus ngounyensis – Gabon
  79. Cleistanthus nitidus – Peninsular Malaysia
  80. Cleistanthus normanbyanusD'Entrecasteaux Islands
  81. Cleistanthus oblongatus – Sarawak
  82. Cleistanthus oblongifoliusBangladesh, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Queensland
  83. Cleistanthus occidentalis – western Madagascar
  84. Cleistanthus pallidus – Sri Lanka
  85. Cleistanthus papuanus – Papua New Guinea
  86. Cleistanthus papyraceus – Myanmar, Thailand
  87. Cleistanthus parvifolius – Peninsular Malaysia
  88. Cleistanthus patulus – India, Sri Lanka
  89. Cleistanthus paxii – Sarawak
  90. Cleistanthus pedicellatusGuangxi, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea
  91. Cleistanthus peninsularis – Papua New Guinea, Queensland
  92. Cleistanthus perrieri – eastern Madagascar
  93. Cleistanthus petelotii – Guangxi, Vietnam
  94. Cleistanthus pierlotii – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon
  95. Cleistanthus pierrei – Vietnam
  96. Cleistanthus pilosusBasilan, Mindanao
  97. Cleistanthus podocarpus – Peninsular Malaysia
  98. Cleistanthus podopyxis – Borneo
  99. Cleistanthus polyneurus – Peninsular Malaysia
  100. Cleistanthus polyphyllus – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand
  101. Cleistanthus polystachyus – tropical Africa
  102. Cleistanthus praetermissus – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand, Borneo
  103. Cleistanthus pseudopallidus – Sumatra
  104. Cleistanthus pseudopodocarpus – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
  105. Cleistanthus pubens – Borneo
  106. Cleistanthus pyrrhocarpus – Borneo
  107. Cleistanthus ripicola – tropical Africa
  108. Cleistanthus robinsoniiPalawan, Sibuyan
  109. Cleistanthus robustus – Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands
  110. Cleistanthus rotundatus – Cambodia
  111. Cleistanthus rufescens – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines
  112. Cleistanthus rufus – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand
  113. Cleistanthus salicifolius – Sarawak
  114. Cleistanthus sankunnianus – southwestern India
  115. Cleistanthus sarawakensis – Sarawak
  116. Cleistanthus schlechteri – from Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal
  117. Cleistanthus semiopacus – Queensland
  118. Cleistanthus stenoniaMayotte, Madagascar
  119. Cleistanthus stenophyllus – Myanmar
  120. Cleistanthus stipitatusNew Caledonia
  121. Cleistanthus stipularis – western India
  122. Cleistanthus striatus – Borneo
  123. Cleistanthus suarezensis – Madagascar
  124. Cleistanthus sumatranus – southern China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea
  125. Cleistanthus tenerifolius – Sumatra, Kalimantan
  126. Cleistanthus tomentosus – southern China, Southeast Asia
  127. Cleistanthus tonkinensis – southern China, Vietnam
  128. Cleistanthus travancorensis – southwestern India
  129. Cleistanthus venosus – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Mindanao
  130. Cleistanthus vestitus – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Luzon
  131. Cleistanthus winkleri – Borneo
  132. Cleistanthus xanthopus – Papua New Guinea
  133. Cleistanthus xerophilus – Queensland
  134. Cleistanthus zenkeri – tropical Africa

References

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  1. ^ illustration circa 1880, from Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) - Flora de Filipinas
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Planchon, Jules Émile. 1848. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 8: pl. DCCLXXIX in Latin with full-page line drawing
  4. ^ Tropicos, Cleistanthus Hook. f. ex Planch.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 172 闭花木属 bi hua mu shu Cleistanthus J. D. Hooker ex Planchon, Icon. Pl. 8: t. 779. 1848.
  7. ^ Bose, A; Sandal Sejbaek, C; Suganthy, P; Raghava, V; Alex, R; Muliyil, J; et al. (2009). ""Self-harm and self-poisoning in southern India " Choice of poisoning agents and treatment". Trop Med Int Health. 14 (7): 761–5. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02293.x. PMID 19497080. S2CID 11872545.