Amischotolype

Amischotolype is a genus of perennial monocotyledonous flowering plants in the dayflower family. It is found in Central Africa and from India through Southeast Asia to New Guinea, with the great majority or species found in Asia.

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The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words αμισχος, meaning 'unstalked', and τολυπη, meaning 'tangle'. The genus is characterised by its rather compact inflorescences which are composed on two or more cincinni that pierce through the base of the leaf sheath, and also by its seeds that are embedded in red arils. Flowers are actinomorphic, and anthers release their pollen either through a pore at the tip or slits down the sides. They are typically encountered in forest understories. The closely related genus Porandra, which consists of three Asian species, is considered by Robert Faden, a leading authority on the family, to be "doubtfully distinct" from Amischotolype. Analysis of DNA sequences has shown that Amischotolype is most closely related to the genus Coleotrype, while these two are in turn most closely related to the genus Cyanotis plus its very close relative Belosynapsis. These four genera form a clade that is found only in the Old World, while all of its immediate ancestors are present only in the New World.

1. Amischotolype barbarossa Duist. - Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra
2. Amischotolype divaricata Duist. - Indochina, Sumatra
3. Amischotolype dolichandra Duist. - Assam
4. Amischotolype glabrata Hassk. - Himalayas, southern China, Tibet, Indochina, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, western Indonesia
5. Amischotolype gracilis (Ridl.) I.M.Turner - Borneo, Malaya, Sumatra
6. Amischotolype griffithii (C.B.Clarke) I.M.Turner - Malaya, Riau Islands
7. Amischotolype hirsuta (Hallier f.) Duist. - Borneo, Sumatra
8. Amischotolype hispida (A.Rich.) D.Y.Hong - Borneo, Sulawesi, Philippines, Maluku, New Guinea
9. Amischotolype hookeri (Hassk.) H.Hara - Nepal, Bangladesh, Assam, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh
10. Amischotolype irritans (Ridl.) I.M.Turner - Thailand, Sumatra, Malaya
11. Amischotolype laxiflora (Merr.) Faden - Borneo, Sulawesi
12. Amischotolype leiocarpa (Hallier f.) Duist. - Borneo
13. Amischotolype lobata Duist. - Borneo
14. Amischotolype marginata (Blume) Hassk - Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines
15. Amischotolype mollissima (Blume) Hassk - Java, Sumatra
16. Amischotolype monosperma (C.B.Clarke) I.M.Turner - Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo
17. Amischotolype parvifructa Duist. - Cameron Highlands of Malaysia
18. Amischotolype pedicellata Duist. - Borneo
19. Amischotolype rostrata (Hassk.) Duist. - Java, Sumatra, Maluku
20. Amischotolype sphagnorrhiza Cowley - Brunei, Sarawak
21. Amischotolype strigosa Duist. - Sumatra
22. Amischotolype tenuis (C.B.Clarke) R.S.Rao - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Zaire
23. Amischotolype welzeniana Duist. - Myanmar, Thailand