Sarcopteryx is a genus of about 12 rainforest tree species known to science, of the plant family Sapindaceae.[1][2][3][4] They occur in Australia, New Guinea and the Moluccas.[2][3][5][6][7]
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| Sarcopteryx stipata - Steelwood tree, eastern Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Tribe: | Cupanieae |
| Genus: | Sarcopteryx Radlk.[1][2][3] |
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They have hairy leaves and twigs, polygamous flowers and bird attracting brightly coloured, capsule fruits.[5]
The generic name Sarcopteryx translates to "fleshy wing", as the fruit can be angled, thick or wing shaped. The Greek sarco means fleshy, and pteron is "a wing".[8]
Species edit
- Sarcopteryx acuminata S.T.Reynolds – Qld, Australia
- Sarcopteryx brachyphylla Radlk. – New Guinea
- Sarcopteryx caudata Welzen – New Guinea
- Sarcopteryx coriacea Radlk. – Vogelkop Peninsula, New Guinea
- Sarcopteryx crispata Welzen – New Guinea
- Sarcopteryx martyana (F.Muell.) Radlk. – Qld, Australia
- Sarcopteryx montana S.T.Reynolds – Qld, Australia
- Sarcopteryx reticulata S.T.Reynolds – Qld, Australia
- Sarcopteryx rigida Radlk. – New Guinea
- Sarcopteryx rubiginosa Welzen – New Guinea
- Sarcopteryx squamosa (Roxb.) Radlk. – New Guinea
- Sarcopteryx stipata (F.Muell.) Radlk., steelwood, corduroy – Qld, NSW, Australia
References edit
- ^ a b Radlkofer, Ludwig A. T. (1879). "Ueber die Sapindaceen Holländisch-Indiens". Actes du congrès international de botanistes, d'horticulteurs, de négociants et de fabricants de produits du règne végétal tenu à Amsterdam, 1877 (in German). Leide: A. W. Sijthoff. pp. 127–.
- ^ a b c "Sarcopteryx%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 16 Nov 2013.
- ^ a b c
Welzen, Peter C. van (1994). "Sarcopteryx Radlk.". In Adema, Fredericus A. C. B.; Leenhouts, Pieter W.; Welzen, Peter C. van (eds.). Sapindaceae (Digitised, online). Series I, Spermatophyta : Flowering Plants. Vol. 11. Leiden, The Netherlands: Rijksherbarium / Hortus Botanicus, Leiden University. pp. 717–723. ISBN 90-71236-21-8. Retrieved 16 Nov 2013.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Sapindaceae". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Sarcopteryx". NSW PlantNet, Australia. Retrieved 16 Nov 2013.
- ^ Welzen, Peter C. van. (1991). "The Malesian species of Sarcopteryx Radlk. (Sapindaceae)". Blumea. 36: 87–103. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ Reynolds, Sally T. (1984). "Notes on Sapindaceae in Australia, III". Austrobaileya. 2 (1): 29–64. JSTOR 41739161.
- ^ Floyd, A.G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia. Inkata Press. p. 401. ISBN 978-0-9589436-7-3.
External links edit
- "Sarcopteryx Radlk". Atlas of Living Australia.
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