Acridocarpus

Acridocarpus
	Acridocarpus natalitius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Malpighiaceae
Genus:	Acridocarpus; (G.Don) Guill. et Perr.

Acridocarpus (from Gr. Akris, a locust and carpos, a fruit, alluding to the winged fruit) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malpighiaceae. Species in this genus are native to Arabia and tropical and subtropical Africa, with one species in New Caledonia.

Species

There are 36 species, which include:

Acridocarpus adenophorus A.Juss.
Acridocarpus alopecurus Sprague
Acridocarpus alternifolius (Schumach. & Thonn.) Nied.
Acridocarpus austrocaledonicus Baill.
Acridocarpus ballyi Launert
Acridocarpus camerunensis Nied.
Acridocarpus chevalieri Sprague
Acridocarpus chloropterus Oliv.
Acridocarpus congestus Launert
Acridocarpus congolensis Sprague
Acridocarpus excelsus A.Juss.
Acridocarpus glaucescens Engl.
Acridocarpus humbertii Arènes
Acridocarpus humblotii Baill.
Acridocarpus katangensis De Wild.
Acridocarpus longifolius (G.Don) Hook.f.
Acridocarpus macrocalyx Engl.
Acridocarpus mayumbensis Gonç. & E.Launert
Acridocarpus monodii Arènes & P.Jaeger ex Birnbaum & J.Florence
Acridocarpus natalitius Adr. & Juss.
Acridocarpus oppositifolius R.Vig. & Humbert ex Arènes
Acridocarpus orientalis Jebel Hafeet, UAE / Oman
Acridocarpus pauciglandulosus Launert
Acridocarpus perrieri Ames
Acridocarpus plagiopterus Guill. & Perr.
Acridocarpus prasinus Exell
Acridocarpus scheffleri Engl.
Acridocarpus smeathmannii (DC.) Guill. & Perr.
Acridocarpus socotranus Oliv.
Acridocarpus spectabilis (Nied.) Doorn-Hoekm.
Acridocarpus staudtii (Engl.) Engl. ex Hutch. & Dalziel
Acridocarpus taitensis Mwadime, Ngumbau & Q.Luke
Acridocarpus ugandensis Sprague
Acridocarpus vanderystii R.Wilczek
Acridocarpus vivy Arènes
Acridocarpus zanzibaricus A.Juss.

References

1 2 Reimer, Bob (2004-04-16), Wadi Tarabat Survey, Emirates Natural History Group, archived from the original on 2011-12-26, retrieved 2019-02-11
↑ Morat, P.; T. Jaffré; F. Tronchet; J. Munzinger; Y. Pillon; J. M. Veillon; M. Chalopin (2012), "The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia" (PDF), Adansonia, 34 (2): 179–221, doi:10.5252/a2012n2a1
↑ "Acridocarpus". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 April 2025.

External links

Mkhipheni Ngwenya (June 2005). "A. natalitius". PlantZAfrica.com.

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[ENHG_04-2004-1] 1 2 Reimer, Bob (2004-04-16), Wadi Tarabat Survey, Emirates Natural History Group, archived from the original on 2011-12-26, retrieved 2019-02-11

[2] Morat, P.; T. Jaffré; F. Tronchet; J. Munzinger; Y. Pillon; J. M. Veillon; M. Chalopin (2012), "The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia" (PDF), Adansonia, 34 (2): 179–221, doi:10.5252/a2012n2a1

[PotWO-3] "Acridocarpus". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 April 2025.

Acridocarpus

Acridocarpus natalitius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Malpighiaceae
Genus:	Acridocarpus (G.Don) Guill. et Perr.