Poupartiopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Anacardiaceae. The only species is Poupartiopsis spondiocarpus.[2]

Poupartiopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Genus: Poupartiopsis
Capuron ex J.D.Mitch. & Daly
Species:
P. spondiocarpus
Binomial name
Poupartiopsis spondiocarpus
Capuron ex J.D.Mitch. & Daly

Description edit

It is a modest-sized forest tree.[3]

Range and habitat edit

Poupartiopsis spondiocarpus is native to Madagascar.[2] It is found in sandy coastal forests along Madagascar's east coast.[4]

Name edit

The genus name of Poupartiopsis is in honour of François Poupart (d. 1708), a French physician, anatomist and entomologist.[5] The Latin specific epithet of spondiocarpus refers to the similarity of the internal structure of its fruit to that of the genus Spondias Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Syst. Bot. Vol.31 on page 338 in 2006.[2][3]

References edit

  1. ^ Ravololomanana, N. 2020. Poupartiopsis spondiocarpus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T137370256A137869251. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T137370256A137869251.en. Accessed on 25 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Poupartiopsis Capuron ex J.D.Mitch. & Daly | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b Mitchell, J.D.; Daly, D.C.; Pell, S.K.; Randrianasolo, A. (2013). "Poupartiopsis gen. nov. and its context in Anacardiaceae classification". Systematic Botany. 31 (2): 337–348. doi:10.1600/036364406777585757. S2CID 86153991.
  4. ^ Herrera, Fabiany; Mitchell, John D.; Pell, Susan K.; Collinson, Margaret E.; Daly, Douglas C.; Manchester, Steven R. (2018). "Fruit Morphology and Anatomy of the Spondioid Anacardiaceae". The Botanical Review. 84 (4): 315–393. doi:10.1007/s12229-018-9201-1. PMC 6223893. PMID 30464355.
  5. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.