Acridocarpus

Acridocarpus
Acridocarpus natalitius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Acridocarpus
(G.Don) Guill. et Perr.

Acridocarpus (from Gr. Akris, a locust and carpos, a fruit, alluding to the winged fruit) is a genus of plant in family Malpighiaceae. They are native to Arabia[1] and tropical and subtropical Africa, with one species in New Caledonia.[2]

Species

There are some 30 species, which include:

References

  1. ^ a b Reimer, Bob (2004-04-16), Wadi Tarabat Survey, Emirates Natural History Group, archived from the original on 2011-12-26, retrieved 2019-02-11
  2. ^ Morat, P.; T. Jaffré; F. Tronchet; J. Munzinger; Y. Pillon; J. M. Veillon; M. Chalopin (2012), "The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia" (PDF), Adansonia, 34 (2): 179–221, doi:10.5252/a2012n2a1
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