Aporosa

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamilia: Antidesmatoideae
Tribus: Scepeae
Genus: Aporosa
Species: A. acuminata – A. alia – A. annulata – A. antennifera – A. arborea – A. aurea – A. banahaensis – A. basilanensis – A. benthamiana – A. bourdillonii – A. brassii – A. brevicaudata – A. bullatissima – A. caloneura – A. cardiosperma – A. carrii – A. chondroneura – A. confusa – A. decipiens – A. dendroidea – A. duthieana – A. egregia – A. elmeri – A. falcifera – A. ficifolia – A. flexuosa – A. frutescens – A. fulvovittata – A. fusiformis – A. globifera – A. grandistipula – A. granularis – A. hermaphrodita – A. heterodoxa – A. illustris – A. indoacuminata – A. lagenocarpa – A. lamellata – A. lanceolata – A. latifolia – A. laxiflora – A. ledermanniana – A. leptochrysandra – A. leytensis – A. longicaudata – A. lucida – A. lucida – A. lunata – A. macrophylla – A. maingayi – A. microstachya – A. misimana – A. nervosa – A. nigricans – A. nigropunctata – A. nitida – A. octandra – A. papuana – A. parvula – A. penangensis – A. planchoniana – A. praegrandifolia – A. prainiana – A. pseudoficifolia – A. quadrilocularis – A. reticulata – A. rhacostyla – A. sarawakensis – A. sclerophylla – A. selangorica – A. serrata – A. sphaeridiophora – A. stellifera – A. stenostachys – A. subcaudata – A. sylvestri – A. symplocifolia – A. symplocoides – A. tetragona – A. tetrapleura – A. vagans – A. villosa – A. wallichii – A. whitmorei – A. yunnanensis
Name

Aporosa Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 10: 514. (1826)

Type species:

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Leiocarpus Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 581 (1826)
Lepidostachys Wall. ex Lindl., Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 441 (1836)
Scepa Lindl., Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 441 (1836)
Tetractinostigma Hassk., Flora 40: 533 (1857)

References

Blume, C.L. von 1826. Bijdragen tot de Flora van Nederlandsch Indie 10: 514.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Aporosa in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Aporosa. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 17 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Aporosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Apr. 2020.

Aporosa is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1825.[4] It is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and Queensland.[1][5][6][7]

These plants are mostly dioecious trees or shrubs.[8] Four species (A. hermaphrodita, A. heterodoxa, A. brevicaudata, and A. egreria) have consistently bisexual flowers, although they may be functionally dioecious.[9] The seeds have brightly colored arils that are attractive to birds, which disperse the seeds.[3]

There are about 80 species.[3]

Species[1]

Aporosa acuminata - SW India, Sri Lanka
Aporosa alia - Borneo
Aporosa annulata - New Guinea, Bismarcks
Aporosa antennifera - Borneo, Sumatra, W Malaysia
Aporosa arborea - Borneo, Sumatra, W Malaysia, Java, S Thailand
Aporosa aurea - Borneo, Sumatra, W Malaysia, S Thailand
Aporosa banahaensis - Philippines, Sabah
Aporosa basilanensis - Borneo, Basilan
Aporosa benthamiana - Borneo, Sumatra, W Malaysia, Philippines
Aporosa bourdillonii - Kerala
Aporosa brassii - E New Guinea, Bismarcks
Aporosa brevicaudata - New Guinea
Aporosa bullatissima - Borneo
Aporosa caloneura - Borneo
Aporosa cardiosperma - W India, Sri Lanka
Aporosa carrii - E New Guinea
Aporosa chondroneura - Borneo
Aporosa confusa - Borneo, Sumatra, W Malaysia
Aporosa decipiens - New Guinea
Aporosa dendroidea - Maluku
Aporosa duthieana - Indochina
Aporosa egregia - W New Guinea
Aporosa elmeri - Borneo
Aporosa falcifera - Borneo, Sumatra, W Malaysia, Sulawesi, S Thailand
Aporosa ficifolia - Mainland Southeast Asia
Aporosa flexuosa - New Guinea
Aporosa frutescens - Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines
Aporosa fulvovittata - Sabah
Aporosa fusiformis - SW India, Sri Lanka
Aporosa globifera - Sumatra, W Malaysia, S Thailand
Aporosa grandistipula - Borneo, Sulawesi
Aporosa granularis - Borneo
Aporosa hermaphrodita - E New Guinea
Aporosa heterodoxa - Bougainville I
Aporosa illustris - Borneo
Aporosa lagenocarpa - Borneo
Aporosa lamellata - New Guinea
Aporosa lanceolata - Sri Lanka
Aporosa latifolia - Sri Lanka
Aporosa laxiflora - E New Guinea, Bismarcks
Aporosa ledermanniana - New Guinea, Bismarcks, Louisiades
Aporosa leptochrysandra - New Guinea
Aporosa leytensis - Philippines, Sulawesi
Aporosa longicaudata - New Guinea
Aporosa lucida - Malaysia, Indonesia
Aporosa lunata - Borneo, Sumatra, W Malaysia, Java, S Thailand
Aporosa macrophylla - Myanmar
Aporosa maingayi - W Malaysia
Aporosa microstachya - W Malaysia, Java, S Thailand, S Myanmar
Aporosa misimana - E New Guinea
Aporosa nervosa - Borneo, Sumatra, W Malaysia, S Thailand
Aporosa nigricans - Borneo, Sumatra, W Malaysia, S Thailand
Aporosa nigropunctata - New Guinea
Aporosa nitida - Borneo
Aporosa octandra - S China, SE Asia, New Guinea, Queensland
Aporosa papuana - New Guinea, Bismarcks, Solomons
Aporosa parvula - W New Guinea
Aporosa penangensis - W Malaysia, S Thailand
Aporosa planchoniana - Mainland Southeast Asia
Aporosa praegrandifolia - New Guinea
Aporosa prainiana - Borneo, Sumatra, W Malaysia
Aporosa pseudoficifolia - W Malaysia, S Thailand, S Myanmar
Aporosa quadrilocularis - Kedah, Sumatra
Aporosa reticulata - E New Guinea
Aporosa rhacostyla - Sarawak
Aporosa sarawakensis - Borneo
Aporosa sclerophylla - E New Guinea
Aporosa selangorica - W Malaysia
Aporosa serrata - Laos, N Thailand
Aporosa sphaeridiophora - Philippines, Java
Aporosa stellifera - Sumatra, W Malaysia, S Thailand
Aporosa stenostachys - Sarawak
Aporosa subcaudata - Borneo, Sumatra, W Malaysia
Aporosa sylvestri - Sarawak
Aporosa symplocifolia - Philippines
Aporosa symplocoides - Borneo, Sumatra, W Malaysia, S Thailand
Aporosa tetrapleura - Cambodia, Vietnam
Aporosa vagans - New Guinea to Admiralty Is
Aporosa villosa - Southeast Asia, Andaman & Nicobar
Aporosa wallichii - Assam, Bangladesh, Indochina
Aporosa whitmorei - Sumatra, W Malaysia
Aporosa yunnanensis - Indochina, S China, Assam

formerly included[1]

moved to other genera: Antidesma Baccaurea Drypetes Shirakiopsis

A. bilitonensis - Baccaurea minor
A. calocarpa - Drypetes longifolia
A. dolichocarpa - Baccaurea javanica
A. griffithii - Antidesma coriaceum
A. inaequalis - Drypetes leonensis
A. somalensis - Shirakiopsis elliptica

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Tropicos, Aporusa Blume
Debski, I., et al. (2002). Habitat preferences of Aporosa in two Malaysian forests: implications for abundance and coexistence. Ecology, 83(7), 2005-2018.
Blume, Carl Ludwig von. 1825. Flora Javae 1: vi
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.
Schot, A.M. (2004). Systematics of Aporosa (Euphorbiaceae). Blumea. Supplement 17: 1-381.
Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 215 银柴属 yin chai shu Aporosa Blume, Bijdr. 514. 1825.
Debski, Igor; Burslem, David F. R. P.; Palmiotto, Peter A.; Lafrankie, James V.; Lee, H. S.; Manokaran, N. (2002). "Habitat Preferences of Aporosa in Two Malaysian Forests: Implications for Abundance and Coexistence". Ecology. 83 (7): 2005. doi:10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2005:HPOAIT]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0012-9658.
Wurdack, Kenneth J.; Hoffmann, Petra; Samuel, Rosabelle; Bruijn, Anette; Bank, Michelle; Chase, Mark W. (2004). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Phyllanthaceae (Phyllanthoideae pro parte, Euphorbiaceae sensu lato) using plastid RBCL DNA sequences". American Journal of Botany. 91 (11): 1882–1900. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.11.1882. PMID 21652335.