Acropogon

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Sterculioideae
Genus: Acropogon
Species: A. aoupinensis – A. austrocaledonicus – A. bosseri – A. bullatus – A. calcicolus – A. chalopiniae – A. domatifer – A. dzumacensis – A. fatsioides – A. francii – A. grandiflorus – A. jaffrei – A. macrocarpus – A. margaretae – A. megaphyllus – A. merytifolius – A. paagoumenensis – A. pilosus – A. sageniifolius – A. schistophilus – A. schleffleraefolius – A. schumannianus – A. tireliae – A. veillonii
Source(s) of checklist:

Morat, P. (1986, 1998)
Morat, P. & Chalopin, M. (2003, 2005, 2007)

Name

Acropogon Schltr. (1906)

Type species: non design.

References

Morat, P. (1986) Rappel historique du genre Sterculia en Nouvelle-Calédonie et réhabilitation du genre Nouveaux Acropogon (Sterculiaceae) de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Adansonia 8: 357–364.
Morat, P. (1998). Contribution à l’étude des Sterculiaceae de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Adansonia 10: 93–103.
Morat, P. & Chalopin, M. (2003) Four new species of Acropogon (Malvaceae: Sterculieae) endemic to New Caledonia, Adansonia 3, 25(2): 191–203.
Morat, P. & Chalopin, M. (2005) Quatre autres nouvelles espèces d’Acropogon Schltr. (Malvaceae, Sterculieae) endémiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Adansonia 3, 27(2): 255–266.
Morat, P. & Chalopin, M. (2007) Contribution à l’étude des Malvaceae, Sterculieae de la Nouvelle-Calédonie : nouvelles espèces dans le genre Acropogon Schltr, Adansonia 3, 29(1): 93–194.
Schltr. (1906) Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39(2): 186.

Acropogon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia. It contains around 25 species. Its closest relatives are Australian genera: Argyrodendron, Brachychiton and Franciscodendron.[2]
List of species

As of October 2015, The Plant List accepted 24 species:[3]

Acropogon aoupiniensis Morat
Acropogon austrocaledonicus (Hook.) Morat
Acropogon bosseri Morat & Chalopin
Acropogon bullatus (Pancher & Sebert) Morat
Acropogon calcicola Morat & Chalopin
Acropogon chalopiniae Morat
Acropogon domatifer Morat
Acropogon dzumacensis (Guillaumin) Morat
Acropogon fatsioides Schltr.
Acropogon francii (Guillaumin) Morat
Acropogon grandiflorus Morat & Chalopin
Acropogon horarius Gâteblé & Munzinger
Acropogon jaffrei Morat & Chalopin
Acropogon macrocarpus Morat & Chalopin
Acropogon margaretae Morat & Chalopin
Acropogon megaphyllus (Bureau & Poiss. ex Guillaumin) Morat
Acropogon merytifolius Morat & Chalopin
Acropogon moratianus Callm., Munzinger & Lowry[4]
Acropogon paagoumenensis Morat & Chalopin
Acropogon pilosus Morat & Chalopin
Acropogon sageniifolia Schltr.
Acropogon schefflerifolius (Guillaumin) Morat
Acropogon schistophilus Morat & Chalopin
Acropogon schumanniana Schltr.
Acropogon tireliae Morat & Chalopin
Acropogon veillonii Morat

References

"IPNI Plant Name Query Results for Acropogon". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
Wilkie, P., A. Clark, R. T. Pennington, M. Cheek, C. Bayer, and C. C. Wilcock. (2006) Phylogenetic Relationships within the Subfamily Sterculioideae (Malvaceae/Sterculiaceae-Sterculieae) Using the Chloroplast Gene ndhF." Systematic Botany 31(1): 160–70.
"Search results for Acropogon". The Plant List. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
Callmander, Martin W.; Munzinger, Jérôme; Buerki, Sven; Lowry, Porter P. (2015). "Novitates Neocaledonicae. II.Acropogon moratianus Callm., Munzinger & Lowry, sp. Nov. (Malvaceae, Sterculieae): A rare and threatened new species from New Caledonia". Adansonia. 37: 131–137. doi:10.5252/a2015n1a8.