Discocarpus

Discocarpus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Phyllanthoideae
Tribe: Bridelieae
Subtribe: Saviinae
Genus: Discocarpus
Klotzsch 1841 not Liebm. 1851 (Urticaceae)

Discocarpus is a genus of the plant family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1841.[1][2] It is native to northern South America.[3][4][5][6] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[7]

Species[3]
  1. Discocarpus essequeboensis Klotzsch - Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Amapá), Venezuela (Amazonas), Guyana (Essequibo, Rupununi), Suriname, French Guiana[3][8]
  2. Discocarpus gentryi S.M.Hayden - S Venezuela (Amazonas), Peru (Loreto), N Brazil[3][9]
  3. Discocarpus pedicellatus Fiaschi & Cordeiro - State of Bahia in Brazil[3]
  4. Discocarpus spruceanus Müll.Arg. - Venezuela (Amazonas), Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Mato Grosso), Suriname (Sipaliwini), Bolivia (Santa Cruz)[3][10]
Formerly included[3]

moved to other genera: Chaetocarpus Lachnostylis

  1. Discocarpus duckeanus Jabl. - Chaetocarpus echinocarpus (Baill.) Ducke
  2. Discocarpus hirtus (L.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Lachnostylis hirta (L.f.) Müll.Arg.
  3. Discocarpus mazarunensis Croizat - Chaetocarpus schomburgkianus (Kuntze) Pax & K.Hoffm.
Names in Urticaceae[11]

In 1851, Liebmann used the same name, Discocarpus, to refer to some plants in the Urticaceae.[12] Thus he created an illegitimate homonym, so his usage of the name had to be abandoned. Species names created in Urticaceae:[13]

  1. Discocarpus mexicanus Liebm. - Discocnide mexicana (Liebm.) Chew
  2. Discocarpus nicaraguensis Liebm. - Discocnide mexicana (Liebm.) Chew
  1. ^ Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich. 1841. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 7(1): 201-202 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
  2. ^ Tropicos Discocarpus Klotzsch
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  6. ^ Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
  7. ^ Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin. 61 (1): 37–53. JSTOR 20443245.
  8. ^ Tropicos, specimen list for Discocarpus essequeboensis Klotzsch
  9. ^ Tropicos, specimen list for Discocarpus gentryi S.M. Hayden
  10. ^ Tropicos, specimen list for Discocarpus spruceanus Müll. Arg.
  11. ^ Tropicos, Discocarpus Liebm.
  12. ^ Liebmann, Frederik Michael. 1851. Kongelige Danske videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabeli Mathematisk Afdeling 2: 308
  13. ^ The Plant List, synonymy for Discocnide mexicana (Liebm.) Chew