Nothopegia is a genus of plants in the family Anacardiaceae, native to India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.[1]. Out of 11 species only 8 are reported to occur in India [2]. This genus is characterised by small deciduous trees with simple leaves, racemose inflorescence, unisexual tetramerous flowers and drupaceaous fruits [3] Except Nothopegia heyneana (Hook. f.) Gamble, all other species are restricted to the Western Ghats and SW India.[3]
| Nothopegia | |
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| Nothopegia beddomei fruits | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Anacardiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Anacardioideae |
| Genus: | Nothopegia Blume (1850) |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Glycicarpus Dalzell (1849) | |
Species include:[1]
- Nothopegia acuminata J.Sinclair
- Nothopegia aureofulva Bedd. ex Hook.f.
- Nothopegia beddomei Gamble
- Nothopegia castanaefolia (Roth) Ding Hou
- Nothopegia colebrookeana (Wight) Blume
- Nothopegia heyneana (Hook.f.) Gamble
- Nothopegia monadelpha (Roxb.) Forman
- Nothopegia sivagiriana Murugan & Manickam
- Nothopegia travancorica Bedd. ex Hook.f.
- Nothopegia vajravelui K.Ravik. & V.Lakshm.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Nothopegia Blume". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ Chandra D, Mukerjee SK (2000). Flora of India (PDF). Vol. 5. Kolkata: Botanical Survey of India. pp. 470–478.
- ^ a b Prabhat Kumar Das; Tirthabrata Sahoo; Samarendra Narayan Mallick; Pratap Chandra Panda (2021). "First record of occurrence of the tree species Nothopegia racemosa (Dalz.) Ramamurthy (Anacardiaceae) from Eastern Ghats of India". International Journal of Botany Studies. 6 (6): 944–946. ISSN 2455-541X – via ResearchGate.
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