Carpolobia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Polygalaceae
Tribus: Carpolobieae
Genus: Carpolobia
Species: C. alba – C. gabonica – C. goetzei – C. gossweileri – C. lutea
Name

Carpolobia G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 370. (1831)

Type species: Non designatus.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Falya Desc. Nat. Malgache 9: 176. (1957)

References

Don, G. 1831. A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants 1: 370. BHL
African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Carpolobia. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2016 Mar. 24.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Carpolobia. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 24 2016.
Tropicos.org 2016. Carpolobia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Mar. 2016.

Carpolobia is a genus of plants in the milkwort family (Polygalaceae) that are native to Tropical Africa and Madagascar.[1] It was first written about in 1831 by George Don, at which point 4 species were identified.[2][3] In 1849, the number of accepted species went down to 2. The other 2 became part of the legume family.[4] The two species that remained, C. alba and C. lutea, were described as closely resembling each other.[5] It was initially in the Polygaleae tribe before being split off in 1992 along with the genus Atroxima to form the new tribe of Carpolobieae.[6]
Description

Carpolobia are shrubs, small trees, or lianas. They produce flowers with 5 petals.[1] Its fruit are smooth, drupaceous, and uni- to tri-locular. They are 2 by 2.5 by 2.5 centimetres (0.79 by 0.98 by 0.98 in) and yellow to red-orange at maturity.[1][7] The fruit's endocarp and exocarp are thin and its mesocarp is fleshy.[7]
Species

As of June 2020, there are 5 accepted species:[1]

Carpolobia alba G.Don
Carpolobia gabonica Breteler
Carpolobia goetzei Gürke
Carpolobia gossweileri (Exell) E.M.A. Petit
Carpolobia lutea G.Don

References

"Carpolobia G.Don". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
"Carpolobia". International Plant Names Index. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
Don, George (1831). A general history of the dichlamydeous plants :comprising complete descriptions of the different orders...the whole arranged according to the natural system /. J.G. and F. Rivington. p. 370. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
Hooker, William Jackson; Bentham, George; Hooker, Joseph Dalton; Vogel, Julius Rudolph Theodor; Webb, Philip Barker (1849). Niger flora; or, An enumeration of the plants of western tropical Africa. H. Bailliere; [etc., etc.] Retrieved July 3, 2020.
Oliver, Daniel (1868). Flora of tropical Africa. L. Reeve and co. pp. 135–136. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
Eriksen, Bente (1993). "Phylogeny of the Polygalaceae and its taxonomic implications". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 186 (1/2): 33–55. doi:10.1007/BF00937712. ISSN 0378-2697. JSTOR 23674643. S2CID 32590790.
Arboretum, Arnold (1985). "Journal of the Arnold Arboretum". v.66 (1985). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University [etc.] Retrieved July 18, 2020.