Margyricarpus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Rosaceae
Subfamilia: Rosoideae
Tribus: Agrimonieae
Subtribus: Sanguisorbinae
Genus: Margyricarpus
Species: M. digynus – M. lanatus – M. microcarpus – M. pinnatus
Name

Margyricarpus Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. Prodr.: 7, t. 33 (1794).

Type species: Margyricarpus pinnatus (Lam.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3[3]: 77. (1898)

Note: This is a view of the genus with Tetraglochin Poepp., Fragm. Syn. Pl. 26. (1833) segregated. Hassler (2020) cf. Govaerts et al. (2020) also see Cialdella & Pometti, (2017) and Funez et al., (2021). Hassler's view is taxonomically unsound as it contains comb. ined. in his species list.
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Regional: Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Regional: Brazil
Brazil West-Central, Brazil South.
Regional: Southern South America
Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Juan Fernández Islands, Uruguay.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Ruiz, H. & Pavon, J. 1794. Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis prodromus, sive Novorum generum plantarum Peruvianarum, et Chilensium descriptiones, et icones. XXII + 154 pp., 37 tt. Sancha, Madrid. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.

Additional references

Cialdella, A.M. & Pometti, C.L. 2017. Taxonomic revision of the genus Tetraglochin (Rosaceae, Rosoideae) and morphometric analysis of its species. Phytotaxa 296(3): 201-227. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.296.3.1 Paywall ResearchGate Reference page.
Funez, L.A., Hassemer, G., Peroni, N., & Drechsler-Santos, E.R. 2021. Two new species of Margyricarpus (Rosaceae, Sanguisorbeae) from high-elevation grasslands in southern Brazil, and other notes on the genus Margyricarpus. Phytotaxa 496(3): 281-93. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.496.3.7 Paywall Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Margyricarpus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan. 27. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Margyricarpus. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan. 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Margyricarpus. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 15 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Margyricarpus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Jan. 2022.

Vernacular names
English: Pearl Fruit

Margyricarpus is a genus of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to South America.[2]
Taxonomy

The genus was first described by Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez in 1794.[1] It is placed in the subtribe Sanguisorbinae.[3]
Species

As of April 2021, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[2]

Margyricarpus digynus (Bitter) Skottsb.
Margyricarpus pinnatus (Lam.) Kuntze

References

"Margyricarpus Ruiz & Pav.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2021-09-06
"Margyricarpus Ruiz & Pav.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-09-06
"Margyricarpus pinnatus", Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)