Rhopalocarpus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Sphaerosepalaceae
Genus: Rhopalocarpus
Species: R. alternifolius – R. binervius – R. coriaceus – R. crassinervius – R. excelsus – R. longipetiolatus – R. louvelii – R. lucidus – R. macrorhamnifolius – R. mollis – R. parvifolius – R. randrianaivoi – R. similis – R. suarezensis – R. thouarsianus – R. triplinervius – R. undulatus
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Rhopalocarpus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec 8. Reference page.

Name

Rhopalocarpus Bojer, Procès-Verbaux Soc. Hist. Nat. l'Ile Maurice: 149 (1846)
Type species: Rhopalocarpus lucidus Bojer, Procès-Verbaux Soc. Hist. Nat. l'Ile Maurice: 150 (1846)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Sphaerosepalum Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 321 (1884)

References

Bojer, W.(1846) Procès-Verbaux Société Histoire Naturelle de l'Ile Maurice 149.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Rhopalocarpus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 July 25. Reference page. As iPlant prototype search
Tropicos.org 2014. Rhopalocarpus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 July 2014.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Rhopalocarpus. Published online. Accessed: July 25 2014.

Rhopalocarpus is a genus of plants in the family Sphaerosepalaceae. Most species are trees and all are endemic to Madagascar. The generic name is from the Greek meaning "club fruit", referring to the fruit shape.[2]
Species

The Plant List and Tropicos recognise 17 accepted species:[1][3]

Rhopalocarpus alternifolius (Baker) Capuron
Rhopalocarpus binervius Capuron
Rhopalocarpus coriaceus (Scott-Elliot) Capuron
Rhopalocarpus crassinervius (Capuron) G.E.Schatz, Lowry & A.-E.Wolf
Rhopalocarpus excelsus Capuron
Rhopalocarpus longipetiolatus Hemsl.
Rhopalocarpus louvelii (Danguy) Capuron
Rhopalocarpus lucidus Bojer
Rhopalocarpus macrorhamnifolius Capuron
Rhopalocarpus mollis G.E.Schatz & Lowry
Rhopalocarpus parvifolius (Capuron) G.E.Schatz, Lowry & A.-E.Wolf
Rhopalocarpus randrianaivoi G.E.Schatz & Lowry
Rhopalocarpus similis Hemsl.
Rhopalocarpus suarezensis Capuron ex Bosser
Rhopalocarpus thouarsianus Baill.
Rhopalocarpus triplinervius Baill.
Rhopalocarpus undulatus Capuron

References

"Rhopalocarpus". Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 13 Oct 2016 – via Tropicos.org.
Gupta, Rajni (2012). Plant Taxonomy: past, present, and future. The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). ISBN 978-8-1799-3359-6. Retrieved 13 Oct 2016.
"Rhopalocarpus". The Plant List. Missouri Botanical Garden. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 13 Oct 2016.