Homalanthus

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Homalanthus
Homolanthus populifolius - bleeding-heart tree.jpg
Bleeding-heart tree (Homalanthus populifolius)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Hippomaneae
Subtribe: Carumbiinae
Genus: Homalanthus
A.Juss. 1824, conserved name, not Less. 1832 nor Wittst. 1852 (the latter both in Asteraceae)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Homalanthus is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1824.[3] It is the only genus in subtribe Carumbiinae. The genus is native to tropical Asia, Australia, and various islands in the Pacific.[2][4]

When published, the generic name was spelt as "Omalanthus".[3] Since the name comes from the ancient Greek word homalos meaning "smooth" and anthos meaning "flower", this original spelling was inconsistent with the general Greek transliteration rules, and many later authors changed it to Homalanthus. According to ICBN, Homalanthus, which can be found in its Appendix III, has now been conserved against the original Omalanthus.[5]

Species[2]
  1. - Tahiti
  2. - Maluku, West New Guinea
  3. - Brunei, Sabah
  4. - Vanuatu
  5. - Lan Yü, Philippines
  6. - Java, Lesser Sunda Islands
  7. - Sumatra, Borneo
  8. - Vanuatu
  9. - Papua New Guinea, Bismarcks
  10. - Philippines
  11. - New Guinea
  12. Homalanthus novoguineensis- Papua New Guinea, Bismarcks, Solomons, Maluku, Lesser Sunda, NT, Qld, WA
  13. Homalanthus nutans- many Pacific Islands
  14. - Papua New Guinea
  15. Homalanthus polyandrus - Kermadec
  16. Homalanthus populifolius - Papua New Guinea, Bismarcks, Solomons, Norfolk I, Lord Howe I, NSW, Qld, Vic
  17. - S Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines; naturalized in Hawaii
  18. - West New Guinea
  19. - New Caledonia, Loyalty Is
  20. - New Caledonia, Loyalty Is
  21. Homalanthus stillingiifolius - NSW, Qld
  22. Homalanthus stokesii - Rapa-Iti
  23. - Solomons

References[]

  1. ^ Tropicos, search for name Homalanthus
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ a b Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 50
  4. ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. ^ International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Vienna Code). International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 2006. ISBN 3-906166-48-1.


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