Sarcopteryx

Sarcopteryx
Sarcopteryx stipata - Steelwood tree, eastern Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Tribe: Cupanieae
Genus: Sarcopteryx
Radlk.[1][2][3]
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

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b c Welzen, Peter C. van (1994). "Sarcopteryx Radlk.". In Adema, Fredericus A. C. B.; Leenhouts, Pieter W.; Welzen, Peter C. van (eds.). Sapindaceae (Digitised, online). 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. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. ^ F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Sapindaceae". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b "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. doi:10.5962/p.365524. JSTOR 41739161.
  8. ^ Floyd, A.G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia. Inkata Press. p. 401. ISBN 978-0-9589436-7-3.


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