Ellipanthus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Connaraceae
Genus: Ellipanthus
Species: E. beccarii – E. calophyllus – E. glabrifolius – E. madagascariensis – E. razanatsimae – E. tomentosus – E. unifoliolatus
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2019. Ellipanthus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 01. Reference page.

Name

Ellipanthus Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 1: 431, 434. 1862.

Type species: Ellipanthus unifoliolatus (Thwaites) Thwaites. Lectotype designated by Swart, ING card 20938 (Jun 1965)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Pseudellipanthus G.Schellenb., Bot. Arch. 1: 314. 1922.
Trichostephania Tardieu, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 95: 307. 1949.

References
Primary references

Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. 1862. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus servata definita. Vol. 1, pars I., sistens Dicotyledonum Polypetalarum ordines LVI: [Ranunculaceas–Connaraceas.] Pp. I–XII, 1–454. A. Black, William Pamplin, Lovell Reeve & Co., Williams & Norgate, Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. : 431, 434.

Additional references

Randrianasolo, A. & Lowry, P.P. 2010. A new species of Ellipanthus Hook.f. (Connaraceae) from humid forest in east-central Madagascar. Adansonia 32(2): 229–233. DOI: 10.5252/a2010n2a3 Paywall. ResearchGate Open access. Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Ellipanthus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 01. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Ellipanthus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 01. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Ellipanthus. Published online. Accessed: November 01 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Ellipanthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 01.

Ellipanthus is a genus of plants in the family Connaraceae. The generic name is from the Greek meaning "defective flower", referring to the incomplete development of some of the stamens.[2]

Description

Ellipanthus species grow as shrubs or small trees. The twigs are tomentose, especially when young. Inflorescences consist of four or five flowers. The fruits are densely tomentose with a woody pericarp.[2]

Distribution and habitat

Ellipanthus species grow naturally in Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, mainland Southeast Asia and Malesia. Their habitat is lowland mixed dipterocarp forest and mixed swamp forest.[2]
Species

As of May 2014 The Plant List recognises 10 accepted taxa (of species and infraspecific names):[3]

Ellipanthus beccarii Pierre
Ellipanthus calophyllus Kurz
Ellipanthus glabrifolius Merr.
Ellipanthus hemandradenioides Brenan
Ellipanthus madagascariensis (Schellenb.) Capuron ex Keraudren
Ellipanthus razanatsimae Randrian. & Lowry
Ellipanthus tomentosus Kurz
var. kingii (Boerl. & Koord.) Leenh.
Ellipanthus unifoliatus (Thwaites) Thwaites
Ellipanthus unifoliolatus (Thwaites Thwaites) Thwaites

References

"Genus: Ellipanthus Hook.f." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 17 September 1996. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
Tipot, Lesmy (1995). "Ellipanthus Hook.f.". In Soepadmo, E.; Wong, K. M. (eds.). Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak. (free online from the publisher, lesser resolution scan PDF versions). 1. Forest Research Institute Malaysia. pp. 195–197. ISBN 983-9592-34-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
"Ellipanthus". The Plant List. Retrieved 20 May 2014.