Sauropus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamilia: Phyllanthoideae
Tribus: Phyllantheae
Genus: Sauropus
Unplaced Species: S. brunonis – S. convallarioides
S. torridus

Note: the above are unplaced according to POWO (2023). This needs checking, as the synonymy of the genus is messy, as all three are found as legitimate taxa in APC.

Name

Sauropus Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 12: 595. 1825 [1826].

• Type species: Sauropus albicans Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 595 (1826) vide Breynia androgyna (L.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr., Bangladesh J. Pl. Taxon. 19: 120 (2012)
  

Note: Accepted as a synonym of Breynia, also with some species transferred to Synostemon.

References

Primary references

• Blume, C.L. 1826 ["1825"]. Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië. 12de Stuk. Pp. 578–636. Ter Lands Drukkerij, Batavia. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Sauropus in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2023. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2023 Aug. 16.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Sauropus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 July 7. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Sauropus. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 23 2018.