Poupartia
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Anacardiaceae |
Subfamily: | Spondiadoideae |
Genus: | Poupartia Comm. ex Juss. (1789) |
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Poupartia is a genus of plant in family Anacardiaceae. From the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues, and Réunion, all in the Indian Ocean.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus name of Poupartia is in honour of François Poupart (d. 1708), a French physician, anatomist and entomologist.[2] It was first described and published in Gen. Pl. on page 372 in 1789.[1]
Species
[edit]As of July 2020[update], Plants of the World online has 8 accepted species:[1][3]
- Poupartia borbonica J.F.Gmelin
- Poupartia castanea (Baker) Engl.
- Poupartia chapelieri (Guillaumin) H. Perrier
- Poupartia gummifera Sprague
- Poupartia minor (Bojer) L.Marchand
- Poupartia orientalis Capuron ex Randrianasolo & J.S.Mill.
- Poupartia pubescens Marchand
- Poupartia silvatica H.Perrier
Note
[edit]Poupartia afra H.Perrier, the Sakoa tree from Madagascar, is a synonym of Sclerocarya birrea subsp. afra (Sond.) Kokwaro[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Poupartia Comm. ex Juss., Kew Science Plants of the World Online, retrieved 13 July 2020
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Poupartia". The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ^ "Poupartia caffra". The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Retrieved 16 April 2014.