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|accepted_name=Bischofia
|accepted_authority=Blume
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.
|place=17: 1168. 1827
|year=1827
}}
|common_names=Bishopwood;javawood;toog
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Microelus
|authority=Wight & Arnott
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|name=Stylodiscus
|authority=Bennett
}}
|hierarchy=Phyllanthaceae;Bischofia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Phyllanthaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Bischofia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Gottleib Wilhelm T. G. Bischoff, 1797–1854, German botanist
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 328, 329
|treatment_page=page 330
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> usually dioecious, rarely monoecious, hairy, becoming glabrate, hairs simple; branching not phyllanthoid. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous, alternate, pinnately compound, leaflets 3(or 5), all well developed; stipules fugacious; blade margins crenate-serrate. <b>Inflorescences</b> unisexual, racemose or paniculate thyrses. <b>Pedicels</b> present. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 5, distinct; petals 0; nectary absent; stamens 5; filaments distinct, adnate to pistillode base; connectives not extending beyond anthers; pistillode short-stipitate, peltate, 5-angled. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals deciduous, 5, distinct; petals 0; nectary absent; pistil 3(–4)-carpellate; styles 3(–4), connate at base, unbranched. <b>Fruits</b> drupes. <b>Seeds</b> 1–2 per locule, rounded-trigonous; seed coat dry, smooth; caruncle absent. <b>x</b> = 14.</span><!--

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|distribution=Fla.;s;e Asia;Pacific Islands;Australia;introduced also in s;e Africa.
|discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Bischofia</i> is distinctive in Phyllanthaceae by virtue of its pinnately compound leaves. H. K. Airy Shaw (1967b) placed it in his monogeneric Bischofiaceae, but embryological and anatomical data (A. K. Bhatnagar and R. N. Kapil 1973; G. A. Levin 1986b; A. M. W. Mennega 1987; G. L. Webster 1994) argue against its separation from other Phyllanthaceae. Molecular data reveal <i>Bischofia</i> to be a somewhat isolated early-divergent lineage of Phyllanthaceae subfam. Antidesmatoideae Hurusawa (H. Kathriarachchi et al. 2005; P. Hoffmann et al. 2006). <i>Bischofia javanica</i> is sometimes cultivated as a street tree in tropical regions. The second known species, B. polycarpa (H. Léveillé) Airy Shaw, is endemic to subtropical China.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=airy1967a
|text=Airy Shaw, H. K. 1967b. Notes on the genus Bischofia Bl. (Bischofiaceae). Kew Bull. 21: 327–329.
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|id=bhatnagar1973a
|text=Bhatnagar, A. K. and R. N. Kapil. 1973. Bischofia javanica—its relationship with Euphorbiaceae. Phytomorphology 23: 264–267.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=morton1984a
|text=Morton, J. F. 1984. Nobody loves the Bischofia anymore. Proc. Florida State Hort. Soc. 97: 241–244.
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name=Bischofia
|author=W. John Hayden
|authority=Blume
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=Microelus;Stylodiscus
|basionyms=
|family=Phyllanthaceae
|distribution=Fla.;s;e Asia;Pacific Islands;Australia;introduced also in s;e Africa.
|introduced=true
|reference=airy1967a;bhatnagar1973a;morton1984a
|publication title=Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.
|publication year=1827
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Bischofia
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