Stixis (plant)

This article is about the plant (family Resedaceae). For Cerambicid beetle, see Stixis (beetle).

Stixis^[2] is a South-East Asian genus of plants in the order Brassicales; they are typically lianas.^[3] This genus has previously been placed in the Stixaceae (now obsolete) and Capparaceae, but under the APG IV system is now included in the family Resedaceae.^[1]

Stixis
Stixis suaveolens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Resedaceae
Genus:	Stixis Lour., 1790
Synonyms[1]
Alytostylis Mast. Covilhamia Korth. Roydsia Roxb.

Species

Plants of the World Online (POWO) includes the following accepted species, as of July 2025:^[1]

• Stixis hookeri Baill.
• Stixis obtusifolia (Hook.f. & Thomson) Baill.
• Stixis ovata (Korth.) Hallier f.
• Stixis philippinensis (Turcz.) Merr.
• Stixis scandens Lour.
• Stixis scortechinii (King) M.Jacobs
• Stixis suaveolens (Roxb.) Baill.
• Stixis villiflora J.Y.Shen, Landrein, W.G.Wang & X.D.Ma
• Stixis yingjiangensis J.Y.Shen