Tupistra

Tupistra is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants found in south Asia, from southern China to Sumatra and Ambon Island. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Convallarioideae.

Species

, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 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 N.Tanaka - Laos, Thailand, Yunnan, Guangxi
Tupistra nutans Wall. ex Lindl. - Assam, Bangladesh
Tupistra ochracea 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 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 N.Tanaka