Sarcopteryx

Sarcopteryx
Sarcopteryx stipata - Steelwood tree, eastern Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Sapindaceae
Genus:	Sarcopteryx Radlk.[1][2][3]
Species
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Sarcopteryx is a genus of about 12 rainforest tree species known to science, of the plant family Sapindaceae.^[1][2][3][4] They occur in Australia, New Guinea and the Moluccas.^{[2][3][5][6][7]}

They have hairy leaves and twigs, polygamous flowers and bird attracting brightly coloured, capsule fruits.^[5]

The generic name Sarcopteryx translates to "fleshy wing", as the fruit can be angled, thick or wing shaped. The Greek sarco means fleshy, and pteron is "a wing".^[8]

Species

• Sarcopteryx acuminata S.T.Reynolds – Qld, Australia
• Sarcopteryx brachyphylla Radlk. – New Guinea
• Sarcopteryx caudata Welzen – New Guinea
• Sarcopteryx coriacea Radlk. – Vogelkop Peninsula, New Guinea
• Sarcopteryx crispata Welzen – New Guinea
• Sarcopteryx martyana (F.Muell.) Radlk. – Qld, Australia
• Sarcopteryx montana S.T.Reynolds – Qld, Australia
• Sarcopteryx reticulata S.T.Reynolds – Qld, Australia
• Sarcopteryx rigida Radlk. – New Guinea
• Sarcopteryx rubiginosa Welzen – New Guinea
• Sarcopteryx squamosa (Roxb.) Radlk. – New Guinea
• Sarcopteryx stipata (F.Muell.) Radlk., steelwood, corduroy – Qld, NSW, Australia

References

1. Radlkofer, Ludwig A. T. (1879). "Ueber die Sapindaceen Holländisch-Indiens". Actes du congrès international de botanistes, d'horticulteurs, de négociants et de fabricants de produits du règne végétal tenu à Amsterdam, 1877 (in German). Leide: A. W. Sijthoff. pp. 127–.
2. "Sarcopteryx%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 16 Nov 2013.
3. Welzen, Peter C. van (1994). "Sarcopteryx Radlk.". In Adema, Fredericus A. C. B.; Leenhouts, Pieter W.; Welzen, Peter C. van. Sapindaceae. Flora Malesiana (Digitised, online). Series I, Spermatophyta : Flowering Plants. Vol. 11 (Leiden, The Netherlands: Rijksherbarium / Hortus Botanicus, Leiden University). pp. 717–723. ISBN 90-71236-21-8. Retrieved 16 Nov 2013.
4. Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A.; et al. (Dec 2010). "Factsheet – Sapindaceae" Check |url= value (help). Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. Edition 6.1, online version [RFK 6.1]. Cairns, Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), through its Division of Plant Industry; the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research; the Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University. Retrieved 16 Nov 2013.
5. "Sarcopteryx". NSW PlantNet, Australia. Retrieved 16 Nov 2013.
6. Welzen, Peter C. van. (1991). "The Malesian species of Sarcopteryx Radlk. (Sapindaceae)". Blumea 36: 87–103. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
7. Reynolds, Sally T. (1984). "Notes on Sapindaceae in Australia, III". Austrobaileya 2 (1): 29–64. Retrieved 16 Nov 2013.
8. Floyd, A.G., Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia, Inkata Press 1989, ISBN 0-909605-57-2 page 401