Lepisanthes

Genus of flowering plants

Lepisanthes
Lepisanthes tetraphylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Subfamily: Sapindoideae
Genus: Lepisanthes
Species

About 24-25

Synonyms[1]
  • Anomosanthes Blume
  • Aphania Blume
  • Aphanococcus Radlk.
  • Erioglossum Blume
  • Hebecoccus Radlk.
  • Howethoa Rauschert
  • Manongarivea Choux
  • Otophora Blume
  • Sapindopsis F.C.How & C.N.Ho
  • Thraulococcus Radlk.

Lepisanthes is a genus of 24[2][3] or 25[4] species of trees or shrubs native to tropical Africa, south and southeast Asia, Australia, and Madagascar.[2][3]

It includes species formerly classified in the genera Aphania, Erioglossum, and Otophora.[2]

Species include:[2][3][5]

  • Lepisanthes alata
  • Lepisanthes amoena
  • Lepisanthes basicardia
  • Lepisanthes browniana
  • Lepisanthes cauliflora
  • Lepisanthes chrysotricha[4]
  • Lepisanthes fruticosa
  • Lepisanthes hainanensis
  • Lepisanthes multijuga
  • Lepisanthes oligophylla
  • Lepisanthes perrieri[4]
  • Lepisanthes rubiginosa
  • Lepisanthes sambiranensis[4]
  • Lepisanthes senegalensis
  • Lepisanthes tetraphylla
  • Lepisanthes unilocularis

References

  1. ^ "Lepisanthes". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. ^ a b c d Lepisanthes. Flora of China.
  3. ^ a b c Leenhouts, P. W. (1994). "Lepisanthes". In Adema, F.; Leenhouts, P. W.; van Welzen, P. C. (eds.). Flora Malesiana (Digitised, online). Series I, Spermatophyta : Flowering Plants. Vol. 11 pt. 3: Sapindaceae. Leiden, The Netherlands: Rijksherbarium / Hortus Botanicus, Leiden University. pp. 627–653. ISBN 90-71236-21-8. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d Buerki, S.; et al. (2009). "A synoptic revision of the genus Lepisanthes Blume (Sapindaceae) in Madagascar" (PDF). Adansonia. 31 (2): 301–9. doi:10.5252/a2009n2a6. S2CID 83476531. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-22.
  5. ^ GRIN Species Records of Lepisanthes. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
  • "Lepisanthes Blume". Atlas of Living Australia.
Taxon identifiers
Lepisanthes
Aphania


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