Discocarpus

Discocarpus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)

Discocarpus is a genus of the plant family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1841. It is native to northern South America. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.

Species
  1. Discocarpus essequeboensis Klotzsch - Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Amapá), Venezuela (Amazonas), Guyana (Essequibo, Rupununi), Suriname, French Guiana
  2. Discocarpus gentryi S.M.Hayden - S Venezuela (Amazonas), Peru (Loreto), N Brazil
  3. Discocarpus pedicellatus Fiaschi & Cordeiro - State of Bahia in Brazil
  4. Discocarpus spruceanus Müll.Arg. - Venezuela (Amazonas), Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Mato Grosso), Suriname (Sipaliwini), Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
Formerly included

moved to other genera: Chaetocarpus Lachnostylis

  1. Discocarpus duckeanus Jabl. - Chaetocarpus echinocarpus (Baill.) Ducke
  2. Discocarpus hirtus (L.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Lachnostylis hirta (L.f.) Müll.Arg.
  3. Discocarpus mazarunensis Croizat - Chaetocarpus schomburgkianus (Kuntze) Pax & K.Hoffm.
Names in Urticaceae

In 1851, Liebmann used the same name, Discocarpus, to refer to some plants in the Urticaceae. Thus he created an illegitimate homonym, so his usage of the name had to be abandoned. Species names created in Urticaceae:

  1. Discocarpus mexicanus Liebm. - Discocnide mexicana (Liebm.) Chew
  2. Discocarpus nicaraguensis Liebm. - Discocnide mexicana (Liebm.) Chew

References

  1. ↑ Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich. 1841. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 7(1): 201-202 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
  2. ↑ Tropicos Discocarpus Klotzsch
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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
  6. ↑ 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
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Tropicos, specimen list for Discocarpus essequeboensis Klotzsch
  9. ↑ Tropicos, specimen list for Discocarpus gentryi S.M. Hayden
  10. ↑ Tropicos, specimen list for Discocarpus spruceanus Müll. Arg.
  11. ↑ Tropicos, Discocarpus Liebm.
  12. ↑ Liebmann, Frederik Michael. 1851. Kongelige Danske videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabeli Mathematisk Afdeling 2: 308
  13. ↑ The Plant List, synonymy for Discocnide mexicana (Liebm.) Chew