Ormocarpopsis Explained

Ormocarpopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes eight species of shrubs or small trees endemic to Madagascar. They inhabit seasonally-dry tropical forest, woodland, and xerophytic shrubland, sometimes on rocky outcrops of sandstone or limestone. They are found throughout the island except in the eastern lowland rain forest. The genus was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Dalbergia clade of the Dalbergieae. It contains the following species:^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

• Ormocarpopsis anosyana
• Ormocarpopsis aspera R.Vig.
• Ormocarpopsis calcicola R.Vig.
• Ormocarpopsis itremoensis Du Puy & Labat
• Ormocarpopsis mandrarensis Dumaz-le-Grand
• Ormocarpopsis nitida (Du Puy & Labat) Thulin & Lavin
• Ormocarpopsis parvifolia Dumaz-le-Grand

• Ormocarpopsis tulearensis Du Puy & Labat

Notes and References

1. Thulin M, Phillipson PB, Lavin M . 2013 . Peltiera (Fabaceae), the coming and going of an "extinct" genus in Madagascar . Adansonia . 35 . 1 . 61–71 . 10.5252/a2013n1a6 . free .
2. Thulin M, Lavin M . 2001 . Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Ormocarpum Group (Fabaceae): A New Genus Zygocarpum from the Horn of Africa Region . . 26 . 2 . 299–317 . 2666709.
3. Web site: ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Ormocarpopsis . . International Legume Database & Information Service . Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics . 7 February 2014 .
4. Web site: GRIN species records of Ormocarpopsis . USDA . USDA . ARS . Agricultural Research Service . National Genetic Resources Program . Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database] . National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland . 7 February 2014 .