Carpodetus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Rousseaceae
Genus: Carpodetus
Species (11): C. amplus – C. arboreus – C. archboldianus – C. denticulatus – C. flexuosus – C. fuscus – C. grandiflorus – C. major – C. montanus – C. pullei –
C. serratus Source(s) of checklist:
Checklist based uncritically on accepted species according to The Plant List
Name

Carpodetus J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. Charact. Gen. 17. (1775)
Type species: Carpodetus serratus J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. Charact. Gen. 17. (1775)

References

Pillon, Y. et al. 2014: A new record for Carpodetus (Rousseaceae) in Vanuatu New Zealand journal of botany 52(4): 449–452. DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2014.928332 Reference page.
Forster, J.R. & Forster, J.G.A. (1775) Characteres Generum Plantarum 17.
The Plant List 2013. Carpodetus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Oct. 4.
Tropicos.org 2014. Carpodetus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Oct. 4.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Carpodetus. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 4 2014.

Carpodetus is a genus of flowering plants in the Rousseaceae family. It was formerly considered to lie within the Escalloniaceae. Its species occur in New Guinea, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.[1] The genus is characterised by small trees with alternate, evergreen leaves, bearing small white flowers with few stamens.[2]

Species

Described species include:[3]

Carpodetus amplus Reeder
Carpodetus arboreus (Lauterb. & K.Schum.) Schltr.
Carpodetus archboldianus Reeder
Carpodetus denticulatus (Ridl.) Reeder
Carpodetus flexuosus (Ridl.) Reeder
Carpodetus fuscus Reeder
Carpodetus grandiflorus Schltr.
Carpodetus major Schltr.
Carpodetus montanus (Ridl.) Reeder
Carpodetus pullei Schltr.
Carpodetus serratus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. New Zealand

Taxonomy

Carpodetus and its type species C. serratus were first described by father and son Forster in 1773 and placed in the Saxifragaceae. In 1934 it was assigned to the newly created Escalloniaceae by Hutchinson in his major revision of the dicotyledon families.[4] In the APG III system, Carpodetus has been referred to the Rousseaceae.
Phylogeny

Carpodetus is the sister to the clade consisting of Abrophyllum and Cuttsia. Roussea is sister to the rest of the family and is geographically most distanced from the other genera. Most related to this family are the Campanulaceae. This results in the following phylogenetic tree.[5]

order Asterales	family Campanulaceae (± cosmopolitan)   family Rousseaceae subfamily Rousseoideae Roussea (Mauritius)   subfamily Carpodetoideae (eastern Australia)   Abrophyllum     Cuttsia       Carpodetus (New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Zealand)           other Asterales families

 
 
Etymology

Carpodetus is derived from the Greek words καρπός (karpos) (fruit) and detus (bound together), a reference that the seeds are bound together in clusters in the berry.[6]
References

Pillon, Y., H. C. F. Hopkins, L. Barrabe, and E. A. Stacy (2014). A New Record for Carpodetus (Rousseaceae) in Vanuatu New Zealand Journal of Botany 52: 449–52.
Praglowski, Joseph; Grafström, Elizabeth (1985). "The genus Carpodetus (Escalloniaceae): a pollenmorphological enigma". Grana. 24: 11–21. doi:10.1080/00173138509427419.
"Carpodetus". The Plant List: A working list of all plant species. The Plant List. 2010. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
Brook, J.P. (1951). "Vegetative Anatomy of Carpodetus serratus Forst" (PDF). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 79 (2): 276–285.
Michael Heads (2013). Biogeography of Australasia: A Molecular Analysis. Cambridge University Press.
Marie Taylor (2002). Meanings and origins of botanical names of New Zealand plants. Auckland Botanical Society. cited on "Carpodetus serratus". Alter-Natives Nursery & Landscaping. Retrieved 2016-03-15.