Lepisanthes

Lepisanthes is a genus of 24[2][3] or 25[4] species of trees or shrubs native to tropical Africa, south and southeast Asia, Australia, and Madagascar.[2][3]

Lepisanthes
Lepisanthes tetraphylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Subfamily: Sapindoideae
Genus: Lepisanthes
Species

About 24-25

Synonyms[1]
  • Anomosanthes Blume
  • Aphania Blume
  • Aphanococcus Radlk.
  • Erioglossum Blume
  • Hebecoccus Radlk.
  • Howethoa Rauschert
  • Manongarivea Choux
  • Otophora Blume
  • Sapindopsis F.C.How & C.N.Ho
  • Thraulococcus Radlk.

It includes species formerly classified in the genera Aphania, Erioglossum, and Otophora.[2]

Species include:[2][3][5]

References
  1. "Lepisanthes". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
  2. Lepisanthes. Flora of China.
  3. Leenhouts, P. W. (1994). "Lepisanthes". In Adema, F.; Leenhouts, P. W.; van Welzen, P. C. (eds.). Flora Malesiana (Digitised, online). Series I, Spermatophyta : Flowering Plants. Vol. 11 pt. 3: Sapindaceae. Leiden, The Netherlands: Rijksherbarium / Hortus Botanicus, Leiden University. pp. 627–653. ISBN 90-71236-21-8. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  4. Buerki, S.; et al. (2009). "A synoptic revision of the genus Lepisanthes Blume (Sapindaceae) in Madagascar" (PDF). Adansonia. 31 (2): 301–9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-22.
  5. GRIN Species Records of Lepisanthes. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).


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