Acropogon
flowers of A. jaffrei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Sterculioideae
Genus: Acropogon
Schltr.[1]
Type species
non design.

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.[2]

List of species

As of October 2015, The Plant List accepted 24 species:[3]

  • 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[4]
  • 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

References

  1. ↑ "IPNI Plant Name Query Results for Acropogon". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Search results for Acropogon". The Plant List. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  4. ↑ Callmander, Martin W.; Munzinger, Jérôme; Buerki, Sven; Lowry, Porter P. (2015). "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. doi:10.5252/a2015n1a8.


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