Acropogon Explained
Acropogon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia. It contains around 25 species. Its closest relatives are Australian genera: Argyrodendron, Brachychiton and Franciscodendron.[1]
List of species
, The Plant List accepted 24 species:[2]
- Acropogon aoupiniensis Morat
- Acropogon austrocaledonicus (Hook.) Morat
- Acropogon bosseri Morat & Chalopin
- Acropogon bullatus (Pancher & Sebert) Morat
- Acropogon calcicola Morat & Chalopin
- Acropogon chalopiniae Morat
- Acropogon domatifer Morat
- Acropogon dzumacensis (Guillaumin) Morat
- Acropogon fatsioides Schltr.
- Acropogon francii (Guillaumin) Morat
- Acropogon grandiflorus Morat & Chalopin
- Acropogon horarius Gâteblé & Munzinger
- Acropogon jaffrei Morat & Chalopin
- Acropogon macrocarpus Morat & Chalopin
- Acropogon margaretae Morat & Chalopin
- Acropogon megaphyllus (Bureau & Poiss. ex Guillaumin) Morat
- Acropogon merytifolius Morat & Chalopin
- Acropogon moratianus Callm., Munzinger & Lowry[3]
- Acropogon paagoumenensis Morat & Chalopin
- Acropogon pilosus Morat & Chalopin
- Acropogon sageniifolia Schltr.
- Acropogon schefflerifolius (Guillaumin) Morat
- Acropogon schistophilus Morat & Chalopin
- Acropogon schumanniana Schltr.
- Acropogon tireliae Morat & Chalopin
- Acropogon veillonii Morat
Notes and References
- Wilkie, P., A. Clark, R. T. Pennington, M. Cheek, C. Bayer, and C. C. Wilcock. (2006) Phylogenetic Relationships within the Subfamily Sterculioideae (Malvaceae/Sterculiaceae-Sterculieae) Using the Chloroplast Gene ndhF." Systematic Botany 31(1): 160–70.
- Web site: Search results for Acropogon. The Plant List . 2015-10-14 .
- 10.5252/a2015n1a8. Novitates Neocaledonicae. II.Acropogon moratianus Callm., Munzinger & Lowry, sp. Nov. (Malvaceae, Sterculieae): A rare and threatened new species from New Caledonia. Adansonia. 37. 131–137. 2015. Callmander. Martin W.. Munzinger. Jérôme. Buerki. Sven. Lowry. Porter P.. free.
