''Bhesa'' is a small genus of woody

plants Plants are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all curr ...

in the family

Centroplacaceae Centroplacaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales and is recognized by the APG III system of classification. The family comprises two genera: ''Bhesa'', which was formerly recognized in the Celastraceae, and ''Centroplacus ...

. Its natural distribution is from southern

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

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. It was formerly classified in

Celastraceae The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 97 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only ''Celastrus'' (the staf ...

, until a

molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

study placed it in the family

in the order

Malpighiales The Malpighiales comprise one of the largest orders of flowering plants, containing about 36 families and more than species, about 7.8% of the eudicots. The order is very diverse, containing plants as different as the willow, violet, poinsett ...

. There are eight species: * ''

Bhesa andamanica ''Bhesa'' is a small genus of woody plants in the family Centroplacaceae. Its natural distribution is from southern China to New Guinea. It was formerly classified in Celastraceae, until a molecular phylogenetic study placed it in the family Ce ...

'' N.Balach. & Chakrab. * ''

Bhesa archboldiana ''Bhesa'' is a small genus of woody plants in the family Centroplacaceae. Its natural distribution is from southern China to New Guinea. It was formerly classified in Celastraceae, until a molecular phylogenetic study placed it in the family Ce ...

'' (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Ding Hou * ''

Bhesa ceylanica ''Bhesa ceylanica'' is a species of plant in the family Centroplacaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std= ...

'' (Arn. ex Thwaites) Ding Hou * ''

Bhesa indica ''Bhesa indica'' is a flowering plant tree species in the Centroplacaceae family. It is distributed along the tropical wet evergreen forests of the Western Ghats of India.Ding Hou, 1958A conspectus of the genus Bhesa (Celastraceae).''Blumea'' ...

'' (Bedd.) Ding Hou * ''

Bhesa nitidissima ''Bhesa nitidissima'' is a species of plant in the Centroplacaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Description A tree with an average height of 20-30 meters (65-98 feet) but can reach as high as 50 meters (164 feet). Bark is usually dark br ...

'' Kosterm. * ''

Bhesa paniculata ''Bhesa paniculata'' is a species of plant in the Centroplacaceae family. It is found in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. It is sometimes considered a synonym of ''Bhesa indica ''Bhesa indica'' is a flower ...

'' Arn. * ''

Bhesa robusta ''Bhesa robusta'' is a species of plant in the Centroplacaceae family. It is found in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and possibly Bhutan. References robusta ROBUSTA (Radiation on Bipolar for University S ...

'' (Roxb.) Ding Hou * ''

Bhesa sinica ''Bhesa sinica'' is an evergreen tree with buttressed trunk in the Centroplacaceae family. It is endemic to China, being only known from the coast of Guanxi ''Guanxi'' () is a term used in Chinese culture to describe an individual's social n ...

'' (H.T.Chang & Liang) H.T.Chang & Liang

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Malpighiales genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Malpighiales-stub