Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Epirhizanthes Blume ex Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 1(1): 136. 1862, orth. var.
  • Salomonia sect. Epirixanthes (Blume) A.W.Benn., Fl. Brit. India 1(1): 207. 1872. (as Epirhizanthes)

• Misapplied names
  • Salomonia sensu auct., p.p. – non Salomonia Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 1: 1, 14. 1790.

Accepted species

E. compressa – E. confusa – E. cylindrica – E. elongata – E. kinabaluensis – E. pallida – E. papuana

Names in synonymy

E. aphylla – E. linearis – E. tenella

Primary references

• Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. 1862. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus servata definita. Vol. 1, pars I., sistens Dicotyledonum Polypetalarum ordines LVI: [Ranunculaceas–Connaraceas.] Pp. I–XII, 1–454. A. Black, William Pamplin, Lovell Reeve & Co., Williams & Norgate, Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Banerjee, R.N. 1993. Polygalaceae. Pp. 450–493 in Sharma, B.D. & Balakrishnan, N.P. (eds.), Flora of India, Vol. 2, Papaveraceae–Caryophyllaceae. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta. Reference page. 

• Chen Shukun, Ma Haiying & Parnell, J.A.N. 2008. Polygalaceae. Pp. 139–159 in Wu Zhengyi, Raven, P.H. & Hong Deyuan (eds.), Flora of China, Vol. 11, Oxalidaceae through Aceraceae. Science Press, Beijing; Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-930723-73-3. PDF Online Reference page. 

• Pendry, C.A. 2001. Polygalaceae. Pp. 498–538 in Santisuk, T. & Larsen, K. (eds.), Flora of Thailand, Vol. 7(3). The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department, Bangkok. Reference page. 

• Pendry, C.A. 2014. Polygalaceae. Flora of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, Fasc. 34. 63 pp., 4 pl. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh; Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Reference page. 

• Tsukaya, H., Suleiman, M. & Okada, H. 2016. A new species of Epirixanthes (Polygalaceaea) from Imbak Canyon, Sabah, Borneo. Phytotaxa 266: 146–150. Online Reference page. 

• Van der Meijden, R. 1988. Polygalaceae. Pp. 455–539 in Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. & De Wilde, W.J.J.O. (eds.), Flora Malesiana, Ser. I, Vol. 10(3). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Epirixanthes. Published online. Accessed 06 April 2019.

• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Epirixanthes in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 April 06.

• GBIF

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Epirixanthes in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 2019-04-06.

• Hassler, M. 2019. Epirixanthes. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 April 06.

• Tropicos.org 2019. Epirixanthes. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 06 April 2019.