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]
| Discocarpus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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) |
- Species[3]
- Discocarpus essequeboensis Klotzsch - Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Amapá), Venezuela (Amazonas), Guyana (Essequibo, Rupununi), Suriname, French Guiana[3][8]
- Discocarpus gentryi S.M.Hayden - S Venezuela (Amazonas), Peru (Loreto), N Brazil[3][9]
- Discocarpus pedicellatus Fiaschi & Cordeiro - State of Bahia in Brazil[3]
- 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
- Discocarpus duckeanus Jabl. - Chaetocarpus echinocarpus (Baill.) Ducke
- Discocarpus hirtus (L.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Lachnostylis hirta (L.f.) Müll.Arg.
- 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]
- Discocarpus mexicanus Liebm. - Discocnide mexicana (Liebm.) Chew
- Discocarpus nicaraguensis Liebm. - Discocnide mexicana (Liebm.) Chew
References
edit- ^ Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich. 1841. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 7(1): 201-202 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
- ^ Tropicos Discocarpus Klotzsch
- ^ a b c d e f g Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 - ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Tropicos, specimen list for Discocarpus essequeboensis Klotzsch
- ^ Tropicos, specimen list for Discocarpus gentryi S.M. Hayden
- ^ Tropicos, specimen list for Discocarpus spruceanus Müll. Arg.
- ^ Tropicos, Discocarpus Liebm.
- ^ Liebmann, Frederik Michael. 1851. Kongelige Danske videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabeli Mathematisk Afdeling 2: 308
- ^ The Plant List, synonymy for Discocnide mexicana (Liebm.) Chew