Stillingia: A newly recorded genus of Euphorbiaceae from China

• DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.296.2.8
• Publication Date: 2017-02-14T23:24:30Z
• Authors: SHENGCHUN LI; BINGHUI CHEN; XIANGXU HUANG; XIAOYU CHANG; TIEYAO TU; DIANXIANG ZHANG
• Keywords: Euphorbiaceae; Archipelago

Stillingia (Euphorbiaceae) contains ca. 30 species from Latin America, the southern United States, and various islands in tropical Pacific Indian Ocean. We report here for first time occurrence of a member genus China, lineata subsp. pacifica. The distribution China is apparently narrow, known only Pingzhou Wanzhou Islands Wanshan Archipelago South Sea, which close to Pearl River estuary. This study updates our knowledge on geographic genus, provides new palynological data as well.