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Malpighiales of Thailand


Home > Plants of Thailand > Malpighiales

Kingdom: Plantae
​Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Malpighiales


​The Malpighiales comprise one of the largest orders of flowering plants, containing about 16,000 species, about 7.8% of the eudicots. The order is very diverse, containing plants as different as the willow, violet, Poinsettia, and coca plant, and are hard to recognize except with molecular phylogenetic evidence. It is not part of any of the classification systems based only on plant morphology. Wikipedia.

Family: Calophyllaceae

Genera: Mesua
Mesua ferrea.jpg
Mesua ferrea (Chonburi Prov.)

Family: Clusiaceae (​​Mangosteen Family)

Genera: Garcinia
Garcinia × mangostana.jpg
Garcinia × mangostana (Chonburi Prov.)
Garcinia × mangostana.jpg
Garcinia × mangostana (Chonburi Prov.)

Family: Euphorbiaceae (​​Euphorbia Family)

Genera: Acalypha, Croton, Euphorbia, Hura, Jatropha, Mallotus, Microstachys, Ricinus
Acalypha indica.jpg
Acalypha indica (L.) Pattaya Chonburi May
Acalypha siamensis.jpg
Acalypha siamensis (Oliv. ex Gage) Pattaya Chonburi May
Croton hirtus L'Hérit Pattaya Chonburi March.jpg
Croton hirtus L'Hérit Pattaya Chonburi March
Euphorbia cyathophora.jpg
Euphorbia cyathophora (Chonburi Prov.)
Euphorbia heterophylla.jpg
Euphorbia heterophylla, Muang Chiang Mai, August
Chamaesyce hirta.jpg
Euphorbia hirta (Chonburi Prov.)
Euphorbia thymifolia.jpg
Euphorbia thymifolia (L.) Pattaya Chonburi May
Euphorbia tithymaloides.jpg
Euphorbia tithymaloides
Hura crepitans, Sandbox Tree flower.jpg
Hura crepitans (Sandbox Tree, flower) (Chonburi Prov.)
Hura crepitans, Sandbox Tree fruit.jpg
Hura crepitans (Sandbox Tree, fruit) (Chonburi Prov.)
Jatropha gossypiifolia.jpg
Jatropha gossypiifolia (Chonburi Prov.)
Jatropha podagrica, Buddha belly plant.jpg
Jatropha podagrica (Buddha belly plant) (Chonburi Prov.)
Mallotus barbatus.jpg
Mallotus barbatus Müll. Arg. Nam Tok Khlong Kaeo N.P. Bo Rai Trat April
Microstachys chamaelea.jpg
Microstachys chamaelea - Creeping Sebastiana
Ricinus communis, Caster Oil Plant.jpg
Ricinus communis (Caster Oil Plant) (Chonburi Prov.)

Family: ​Hypericaceae

Genera: Cratoxylum
Cratoxylum cochinchinense.jpg
Cratoxylum cochinchinense (Lour.) Blume Nam Tok Lan Rak Nakhon Nayok May

Family: Malpighiaceae (​Barbados Cherry Family)

Genera: Hiptage, Malpighia
Hiptage benghalensis.jpg
Hiptage benghalensis (Chonburi Prov.)
Malpighia glabra.jpg
Malpighia glabra (Chonburi Prov.)

Family: Ochnaceae ​(Ochna Family)

Genera: Ochna
Ochna integerrima.jpg
Ochna integerrima (Chonburi Prov.)
Ochna integerrima.jpg
Ochna integerrima (Chonburi Prov.)

Family: Passifloraceae (​​Passion Flower Family​)

Genera: Passiflora, Turnera
Passiflora coccinea, Red Passion Flower.jpg
Passiflora coccinea (Scarlet passion flower) Chiang Mai
Passiflora foetida from Pai.jpg
Passiflora foetida, Pai Mae Hong Son, October 2016
Turnera ulmifolia.jpg
Turnera ulmifolia (Chonburi Prov.)

Family: Phyllanthaceae

Genera: Baccaurea, Cleistanthus, Phyllanthus, Sauropus
Baccaurea motleyana, Rambai.jpg
Baccaurea motleyana (Rambai) (Chonburi Prov.)
Cleistanthus helferi Hook f Pattaya Chonburi August.jpg
Cleistanthus helferi Hook.f Pattaya Chonburi August
Cleistanthus oblongifolius (Roxb.) Müll. Pattaya Chonburi August.jpg
Cleistanthus oblongifolius (Roxb.) Müll. Pattaya Chonburi August
Phyllanthus niruri.jpg
Phyllanthus niruri Cheelong Chaiyaphum September
Phyllanthus pulchroides Beille.jpg
Phyllanthus pulchroides Beille. Khao Soi Dao N.P. Chanthaburi November
Sauropus androgynus, Star Gooseberry.jpg
Sauropus androgynus (Star Gooseberry) (Chaiyaphum Prov.)
Sauropus androgynus, Star Gooseberry.jpg
Sauropus androgynus (Star Gooseberry) (Chonburi Prov.)

Family: Rafflesiaceae (​Rafflesias)

Genera: Sapria
Sapria himalayana.jpg
Sapria himalayana (Rafflesiacea) Phu Kieow Wildlife Reserve January

Family: Salicaceae (​Willow Family)

Generaa: Flacourtia
Flacourtia indica.jpg
Flacourtia indica (Burm. f.) Merr. Cheelong Chaiyaphum March
Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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