Discocarpus

Discocarpus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Tribe: Wielandieae
Genus: Discocarpus
Klotzsch 1841 not Liebm. 1851 (Urticaceae)

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]

species[3]
  1. Discocarpus essequeboensis Klotzsch - Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Amapá), Venezuela (Amazonas), Guyana (Essequibo, Rupununi), Suriname, French Guiana[3][7]
  2. Discocarpus gentryi S.M.Hayden - S Venezuela (Amazonas), Peru (Loreto), N Brazil[3][8]
  3. Discocarpus pedicellatus Fiaschi & Cordeiro - State of Bahia in Brazil[3]
  4. Discocarpus spruceanus Müll.Arg. - Venezuela (Amazonas), Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Mato Grosso), Suriname (Sipaliwini), Bolivia (Santa Cruz)[3][9]
formerly included[3]

moved to other genera: Chaetocarpus Lachnostylis

  1. Discocarpus duckeanus Jabl. - Chaetocarpus echinocarpus (Baill.) Ducke
  2. Discocarpus hirtus (L.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Lachnostylis hirta (L.f.) Müll.Arg.
  3. Discocarpus mazarunensis Croizat - Chaetocarpus schomburgkianus (Kuntze) Pax & K.Hoffm.
names in Urticaceae[10]

In 1851, Liebmann used the same name, Discocarpus, to refer to some plants in the Urticaceae.[11] Thus he created an illegitimate homonym, so his usage of the name had to be abandoned. Species names created in Urticaceae:[12]

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


References

  1. Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich. 1841. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 7(1): 201-202 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
  2. Tropicos Discocarpus Klotzsch
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. 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.
  5. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  6. 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
  7. Tropicos, specimen list for Discocarpus essequeboensis Klotzsch
  8. Tropicos, specimen list for Discocarpus gentryi S.M. Hayden
  9. Tropicos, specimen list for Discocarpus spruceanus Müll. Arg.
  10. Tropicos, Discocarpus Liebm.
  11. Liebmann, Frederik Michael. 1851. Kongelige Danske videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabeli Mathematisk Afdeling 2: 308
  12. The Plant List, synonymy for Discocnide mexicana (Liebm.) Chew


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