Notoleptopus
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Scientific classification | |
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(unranked): | Angiosperms
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Order: | |
Family: | Phyllanthaceae
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Tribe: | Poranthereae
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Genus: | Notoleptopus &
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Species: | N. decaisnei
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Binomial name | |
Notoleptopus decaisnei (Bentham) Vorontsov. & Petra Hoffm.
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Type species | |
Notoleptopus decaisnei (Bentham) Vorontsova & Petra Hoffm.
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Notoleptopus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is one of eight genera in the tribe Poranthereae. The sole species is Notoleptopus decaisnei. It is a monoecious shrub, native to Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia.
Notoleptopus decaisnei had long been treated as a species of Leptopus, but in 2007, a molecular phylogenetic study of DNA sequences found it to be sister to a clade consisting of Pseudophyllanthus and Poranthera.[1] In 2008, the new genus Notoleptopus was created for it.[2]
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Maria S. Vorontsova and Petra Hoffmann. 2008. "A phylogenetic classification of tribe Poranthereae (Phyllanthaceae)." Kew Bulletin 63(1):41-59.
Categories:
- Phyllanthaceae
- Monotypic Malpighiales genera
- Flora of Australia
- Flora of New Guinea
- Flora of Java
- Flora of the Lesser Sunda Islands
- Phyllanthaceae genera
- Phyllanthaceae stubs