Tupistra
# 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 Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).

## Species

As of August 2013, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) 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 (Gagnep.) N.Tanaka - Laos, Thailand, Yunnan, Guangxi
* Tupistra nutans Wall. ex Lindl. - Assam, Bangladesh
* Tupistra ochracea (Ridl.) 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 (Kunth) 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 (Q.H.Chen) N.Tanaka
