Sphedamnocarpus

Sphedamnocarpus pruriens

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: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Sphedamnocarpus
Species: S. andersonii – S. argyrophyllus – S. barbosae – S. cuspididolius – S. decaryi – S. dubardii – S. humbertii – S. madagascariensis – S. orbicularis – S. pruriens

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Sphedamnocarpus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 02. Reference page.

Name

Sphedamnocarpus Planch. ex Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 1(1): 256. (1862)

• Type species: Sphedamnocarpus angolensis Planch., Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 1: 279. (1868) possible synonym of Sphedamnocarpus pruriens subsp. pruriens
  

Note: There is a lot of differences in species circumscription amongst the sources below. It is agreed that the genus is due a major revision and so this page can not be treated as authoritative.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Banisterioides Dubard & Dop, Rev. Gén. Bot. 20: 356, in obs. (1908)
  • Tricomariopsis Dubard, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris 145: 1190. (1907)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Africa Regional: Southern Africa Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Planchon, J.E. 1862. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus 1(1): 256.

Additional references

• Anderson, C. 2018. Sphedamnocarpus andersonii (Malpighiaceae), a new species from Madagascar. Brittonia 70(2): 248-251. PDF

Links

• African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Sphedamnocarpus. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2020 Sept. 5.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Sphedamnocarpus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sept. 5. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2020. Sphedamnocarpus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sept. 5. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Sphedamnocarpus. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 5 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Sphedamnocarpus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 Sept. 2020.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar: Sphedamnocarpus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sept. 5.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sphedamnocarpus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Canary Nettle

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