Sarcopteryx

Sarcopteryx
Sarcopteryx stipata - Steelwood tree, eastern Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Sarcopteryx
Species

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Sarcopteryx is a genus of about 12 rainforest tree species known to science, of the plant family Sapindaceae.[1][2][3][4] They occur in Australia, New Guinea and the Moluccas.[2][3][5][6][7]

They have hairy leaves and twigs, polygamous flowers and bird attracting brightly coloured, capsule fruits.[5]

The generic name Sarcopteryx translates to "fleshy wing", as the fruit can be angled, thick or wing shaped. The Greek sarco means fleshy, and pteron is "a wing".[8]

Species

  • Sarcopteryx acuminata S.T.Reynolds – Qld, Australia
  • Sarcopteryx brachyphylla Radlk. – New Guinea
  • Sarcopteryx caudata Welzen – New Guinea
  • Sarcopteryx coriacea Radlk. – Vogelkop Peninsula, New Guinea
  • Sarcopteryx crispata Welzen – New Guinea
  • Sarcopteryx martyana (F.Muell.) Radlk. – Qld, Australia
  • Sarcopteryx montana S.T.Reynolds – Qld, Australia
  • Sarcopteryx reticulata S.T.Reynolds – Qld, Australia
  • Sarcopteryx rigida Radlk. – New Guinea
  • Sarcopteryx rubiginosa Welzen – New Guinea
  • Sarcopteryx squamosa (Roxb.) Radlk. – New Guinea
  • Sarcopteryx stipata (F.Muell.) Radlk., steelwood, corduroy – Qld, NSW, Australia

References

  1. 1 2 Radlkofer, Ludwig A. T. (1879). "Ueber die Sapindaceen Holländisch-Indiens". Actes du congrès international de botanistes, d'horticulteurs, de négociants et de fabricants de produits du règne végétal tenu à Amsterdam, 1877 (in German). Leide: A. W. Sijthoff. pp. 127–.
  2. 1 2 3 "Sarcopteryx%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 16 Nov 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 Welzen, Peter C. van (1994). "Sarcopteryx Radlk.". In Adema, Fredericus A. C. B.; Leenhouts, Pieter W.; Welzen, Peter C. van. Sapindaceae. Flora Malesiana (Digitised, online)|format= requires |url= (help). Series I, Spermatophyta : Flowering Plants. Vol. 11. Leiden, The Netherlands: Rijksherbarium / Hortus Botanicus, Leiden University. pp. 717–723. ISBN 90-71236-21-8. Retrieved 16 Nov 2013.
  4. ↑ Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A.; et al. (Dec 2010). "Factsheet – Sapindaceae". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. Edition 6.1, online version [RFK 6.1]. Cairns, Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), through its Division of Plant Industry; the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research; the Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University. Retrieved 16 Nov 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Sarcopteryx". NSW PlantNet, Australia. Retrieved 16 Nov 2013.
  6. ↑ Welzen, Peter C. van. (1991). "The Malesian species of Sarcopteryx Radlk. (Sapindaceae)". Blumea. 36: 87–103. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  7. ↑ Reynolds, Sally T. (1984). "Notes on Sapindaceae in Australia, III". Austrobaileya. 2 (1): 29–64. JSTOR 41739161.
  8. ↑ Floyd, A.G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia. Inkata Press. p. 401. ISBN 978-0-9589436-7-3.
  • "Sarcopteryx Radlk". Atlas of Living Australia.


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