Lepidocupania

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Sapindaceae
Subfamilia: Sapindoideae
Tribus: Cupanieae
Genus: Lepidocupania
Species: L. arcuata – L. brackenridgei – L. concolor – L. fruticosa – L. glabra – L. globosa – L. glomeriflora – L. gracilipes – L. grandiflora – L. guillauminii – L. inoplea – L. lepidota – L. mouana – L. myrmoctona – L. oedipoda – L. pennelii – L. rosea – L. samoensis – L. squamosa – L. subfalcata – L. tontoutensis

Name

Lepidocupania Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry, Candollea 75(2): 273 (2020)

• Type species: Lepidocupania lepidota (Radlk.) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry, Candollea 75(2): 277 (2020)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Arytera sect. Azarytera Radlk., Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 9: 554 (1879)
    • Type species: Arytera arcuata Radlk. [≡ Lepidocupania arcuata (Radlk.) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry]
      • Note: lectotype designated by Turner (1995: 151).
  • Cupaniopsis sect. Mizopetalum Radlk., Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 9: 588 (1879)
    • Type species: Cupaniopsis fruticosa Radlk. [≡ Lepidocupania fruticosa (Radlk.) Buerki, Callm., Munzinger & Lowry]
      • Note: lectotype designated by Adema (1991: 60).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Papuasia Solomon Is. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is. [L. brackenridgei fide Buerki et al. 2020: 274]. Regional: Northwestern Pacific Caroline Is. (Micronesia Federated States). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Buerki, S., Munzinger, J., Lowry, P.P. & Callmander, M.W. 2020. Two new genera of Sapindaceae (Cupanieae) from the southern Pacific: Lepidocupania and Neoarytera. Candollea 75(2): 269–284. DOI: 10.15553/c2020v752a9 ResearchGate PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Radlkofer, L. 1879. Ueber Cupania und damit verwandte Pflanzen. Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-physikalischen Classe der K. b. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 9: 457–678. Google Books. Reference page. 
• Adema, F. 1991. Cupaniopsis Radlk. (Sapindaceae): a monograph. Leiden Botanical Series 15(1): 1–190. PDF Reference page. 
• Turner, H. 1995. Cladistic and Biogeographic Analyses of Arytera Blume and Mischarytera gen. nov. (Sapindaceae) with Notes on Methodology and a full Taxonomic Revision. Blumea, Supplement 9(1): 1–130. PDF. ResearchGate . Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Lepidocupania. Published online. Accessed: 9 April 2021.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Lepidocupania in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 December 29. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Lepidocupania. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 December 2023.