Biology:Acridocarpus
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Acridocarpus | |
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| Acridocarpus natalitius | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Malpighiaceae |
| Genus: | Acridocarpus (G.Don) Guill. et Perr. |
Acridocarpus (from Gr. Akris, a locust and carpos, a fruit, alluding to the winged fruit) is a genus of plant in family Malpighiaceae. They are native to Arabia[1] and tropical and subtropical Africa, with one species in New Caledonia.[2]
Species
There are some 30 species, which include:
- Acridocarpus austrocaledonicus
- Acridocarpus chevalieri
- Acridocarpus monodii Arènes & P.Jaeger ex Birnbaum & J.Florence
- Acridocarpus orientalis (Jebel Hafeet, UAE / Oman)[1]
- Acridocarpus natalitius Adr. & Juss.
- Acridocarpus socotranus Oliv.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Reimer, Bob (2004-04-16), Wadi Tarabat Survey, Emirates Natural History Group, http://www.enhg.org/field/tarabat/tarabat20040416.html, retrieved 2019-02-11
- ↑ Morat, P.; T. Jaffré; F. Tronchet; J. Munzinger; Y. Pillon; J. M. Veillon; M. Chalopin (2012), "The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia", Adansonia 34 (2): 179–221, doi:10.5252/a2012n2a1, http://agritrop.cirad.fr/567345/1/document_567345.pdf
External links
- Mkhipheni Ngwenya (June 2005). "A. natalitius". http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantab/acridnatal.htm.
Wikidata ☰ Q4675122 entry
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