Leptopus

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Leptopus
Leptopus phyllanthoides.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Phyllanthoideae
Tribe: Poranthereae
Genus: Leptopus
Decaisne 1836 not Klotzsch & Garcke 1860 (syn of Euphorbia)
Type species

Synonyms[1][2]
  • Andrachne (Endlicher) Pojarkova
  • Chorisandrachne Airy Shaw
  • Thelypetalum Gagnep.
  • Arachne (Endl.) Pojark.
  • Archileptopus P.T.Li
  • Andrachne [unranked] Arachne Endlicher

Leptopus, the maidenbushes, are a group of plants in the flowering plant family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1836.[3][4] As presently constituted, is native to southern Asia from the Caucasus east to China and Maluku.[1][2]

Leptopus is one of eight genera in the tribe Poranthereae[5] and comprises 9 species.[6] It is the sister of Actephila. The type species is .[7] The name is derived from two Greek words, leptos, "thin, slender, or small", and pous, "foot", a reference to slender pedicels.[8]

Leptopus consists of monoecious herbs and shrubs with simple, entire leaves and small, green flowers. The genus was revised in 2009.[9]

Leptopus fangdingianus had been placed by some authors in a separate genus, Archileptopus, but it was shown in 2007 that recognition of Archileptopus makes Leptopus paraphyletic.[10] Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides has been placed in Leptopus as well as in Andrachne. In 2007, it was shown to not properly belong to either genus and in 2008 was assigned to a new genus, Phyllanthopsis.[6]

Species[1]
  1. - Hainan, SE Asia
  2. Leptopus chinensis - China, Myanmar, Pakistan, Iran, Caucasus
  3. - S China, Assam, Myanmar, Vietnam
  4. - Afghanistan, Himalayas
  5. - Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar
  6. - Guangxi
  7. - Hainan
  8. - Nepal
  9. - Guangxi
  10. - Vietnam
formerly included[1]

moved to other genera: Chorisandrachne Euphorbia Notoleptopus Phyllanthopsis

  1. L. adiantoides -
  2. L. brasiliensis -
  3. L. decaisnei - Notoleptopus decaisnei
  4. L. diplospermus - Chorisandrachne diplosperma
  5. L. dominianus - Notoleptopus decaisnei
  6. L. hartwegii -
  7. L. ocymoides -
  8. L. orbicularis - Notoleptopus decaisnei
  9. L. phyllanthoides - Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides
  10. L. poeppigii -
  11. L. segoviensis -

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ a b Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 169 雀舌木属 que she mu shu Leptopus Decaisne in Jacquemont, Voy. Inde. 4(Bot.): 155. 1835.
  3. ^ Decaisne, Joseph. 1836. in Jacquemont, Venceslas Victor, Voyage dans l'Inde 4: 155, pl. 156 in Latin
  4. ^ Tropicos, Leptopus Decne.
  5. ^ Petra Hoffmann, Hashendra S. Kathriarachchi, and Kenneth J. Wurdack. 2006. "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae." Kew Bulletin 61(1):37-53.
  6. ^ a b Maria S. Vorontsova and Petra Hoffmann. 2008. "A phylogenetic classification of tribe Poranthereae (Phyllanthaceae)." Kew Bulletin 63(1):41-59.
  7. ^ Leptopus In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile (see External links below).
  8. ^ Umberto Quattrocchi. 2000. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names volume II. CRC Press: Boca Raton; New York; Washington,DC;, USA. London, UK. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
  9. ^ Maria S. Vorontsova and Petra Hoffmann. 2009. "Revision of the genus Leptopus (Phyllanthaceae, Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin 64(4):627-644.
  10. ^ Maria S. Vorontsova, Petra Hoffmann, Olivier Maurin, and Mark W. Chase. 2007. "Phylogenetics of tribe Poranthereae (Phyllanthaceae)." American Journal of Botany 94(12):2026-2040.

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