Discocarpus

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: Phyllanthoideae
Tribus: Bridelieae
Subtribus: Saviinae
Genus: Discocarpus
Species: D. essequeboensis – D. gentryi – D. pedicellatus – D. spruceanus
Name

Discocarpus Klotzsch, Arch. Naturgesch. (Berlin) 7(1): 201. (1841)

Type species: Discocarpus essequeboensis Klotzsch, London J. Bot. 2: 52. (1843)

Homonyms

Discocarpus Liebm., Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Naturvidensk. Math. Afh. ser. 2, 2: 308 (1851), nom. illeg. hom. vide Discocnide Chew, Gard. Bull. Singapore, 21: 208. (1965) (Urticaceae)

References

Klotzsch, J.F. 1841. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 7(1): 201.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Discocarpus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Discocarpus. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 11 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Discocarpus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Apr. 2020.

Discocarpus is a genus of the plant family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1841.[1][2] It is native to northern South America.[3][4][5][6] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[7]

Species[3]

Discocarpus essequeboensis Klotzsch - Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Amapá), Venezuela (Amazonas), Guyana (Essequibo, Rupununi), Suriname, French Guiana[3][8]
Discocarpus gentryi S.M.Hayden - S Venezuela (Amazonas), Peru (Loreto), N Brazil[3][9]
Discocarpus pedicellatus Fiaschi & Cordeiro - State of Bahia in Brazil[3]
Discocarpus spruceanus Müll.Arg. - Venezuela (Amazonas), Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Mato Grosso), Suriname (Sipaliwini), Bolivia (Santa Cruz)[3][10]

Formerly included[3]

moved to other genera: Chaetocarpus Lachnostylis

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

Names in Urticaceae[11]

In 1851, Liebmann used the same name, Discocarpus, to refer to some plants in the Urticaceae.[12] Thus he created an illegitimate homonym, so his usage of the name had to be abandoned. Species names created in Urticaceae:[13]

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

References

Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich. 1841. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 7(1): 201-202 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
Tropicos Discocarpus Klotzsch
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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.
Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
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
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.
Tropicos, specimen list for Discocarpus essequeboensis Klotzsch
Tropicos, specimen list for Discocarpus gentryi S.M. Hayden
Tropicos, specimen list for Discocarpus spruceanus Müll. Arg.
Tropicos, Discocarpus Liebm.
Liebmann, Frederik Michael. 1851. Kongelige Danske videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabeli Mathematisk Afdeling 2: 308
The Plant List, synonymy for Discocnide mexicana (Liebm.) Chew