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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