Osteocarpum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Chenopodiaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Camphorosmoideae
Tribus: Camphorosmeae
Genus: Osteocarpum

Species: O. acropterum – O. dipterocarpum – O. pentapterum – O. salsuginosum – O. scleropterum

Names in synonymy:

for Babbagia: B. acroptera – B. dipterocarpa – B. pentaptera – B. scleroptera

Name

Osteocarpum F.Muell., Trans. Philos. Inst. Victoria 2: 77. (1858)

Type: Osteocarpum salsuginosum F.Muell.

According to Cabrera et al. 2009, this genus should be included in Sclerolaena.
Synonyms

Babbagia F.Muell., Rep. Pl. Babbage's Exped. 21. (1859)
Type: Babbagia dipterocarpa F.Muell.
Osteocarpum sect. Babbagia (F.Muell.) Kuntze, Lex. Gen. Phan. 407. (1903)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Australasia
Australia
WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Mueller, F.v. 1858. Account of some new Australian plants. Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 2: 62–77. BHL Reference page. : 77
Mueller, F. 1859. Report on the plants collected during Mr. Babbage's expedition into the north-western interior of South Australia in 1858. 24 pp. BHL Reference page. : 21
Post, T.E. v. & Kuntze, C.E.O. 1903. Lexicon generum phanerogamarum, inde ab anno MDCCXXXVII: cum nomenclatura legitima internationali et systemate inter recentia medio. Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. Biblioteca Digital / Upsaliae: Typis Wretmanianis. BHL Reference page. : 407

Additional references

Cabrera, J., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Kadereit, G. 2009. Phylogeny of the Australian Camphorosmeae (Chenopodiaceae) and the taxonomic significance of the fruiting perianth. In: International Journal of Plant Sciences 170(4): 505–521. DOI: 10.1086/597267 Reference page.

Links

APNI - Australian Plant Name Index. 2018. Osteocarpum. Accessed: 2018 July 9.
Hassler, M. 2018. Osteocarpum. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 July 9. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Osteocarpum. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 16 2016.
The Plant List 2013. Osteocarpum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Feb. 16.
Tropicos.org 2016. Osteocarpum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 16 Feb. 2016.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Osteocarpum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Osteocarpum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.[1]

Its native range is Australia.[1]
Species

Species:[1]

Osteocarpum acropterum (F.Muell. & Tate) Volkens
Osteocarpum dipterocarpum (F.Muell.) Volkens
Osteocarpum pentapterum (F.Muell. & Tate) Volkens
Osteocarpum salsuginosum F.Muell.
Osteocarpum scleropterum (F.Muell.) Volkens

References

"Osteocarpum F.Muell. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 2021.