Acridocarpus

Acridocarpus
Acridocarpus natalitius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Malpighiaceae
Genus:	Acridocarpus (G.Don) Guill. et Perr.

Acridocarpus (from Gr. Akris, a locust and carpos, a fruit, alluding to the winged fruit) is a genus of plant in family Malpighiaceae. They are native to Arabia ^[1] and tropical and subtropical Africa, with one species in New Caledonia. ^[2]

Species

There are 36 species, which include: ^[3]

• Acridocarpus adenophorus A.Juss.
• Acridocarpus alopecurus Sprague
• Acridocarpus alternifolius (Schumach. & Thonn.) Nied.
• Acridocarpus austrocaledonicus Baill.
• Acridocarpus ballyi Launert
• Acridocarpus camerunensis Nied.
• Acridocarpus chevalieri Sprague
• Acridocarpus chloropterus Oliv.
• Acridocarpus congestus Launert
• Acridocarpus congolensis Sprague
• Acridocarpus excelsus A.Juss.
• Acridocarpus glaucescens Engl.
• Acridocarpus humbertii Arènes
• Acridocarpus humblotii Baill.
• Acridocarpus katangensis De Wild.
• Acridocarpus longifolius (G.Don) Hook.f.
• Acridocarpus macrocalyx Engl.
• Acridocarpus mayumbensis Gonç. & E.Launert
• Acridocarpus monodii Arènes & P.Jaeger ex Birnbaum & J.Florence
• Acridocarpus natalitius Adr. & Juss.
• Acridocarpus oppositifolius R.Vig. & Humbert ex Arènes
• Acridocarpus orientalis Jebel Hafeet, UAE / Oman ^[1]
• Acridocarpus pauciglandulosus Launert
• Acridocarpus perrieri Ames
• Acridocarpus plagiopterus Guill. & Perr.
• Acridocarpus prasinus Exell
• Acridocarpus scheffleri Engl.
• Acridocarpus smeathmanii (DC.) Guill. & Perr.
• Acridocarpus socotranus Oliv.
• Acridocarpus spectabilis (Nied.) Doorn-Hoekm.
• Acridocarpus staudtii (Engl.) Engl. ex Hutch. & Dalziel
• Acridocarpus taitensis Mwadime, Ngumbau & Q.Luke
• Acridocarpus ugandensis Sprague
• Acridocarpus vanderystii R.Wilczek
• Acridocarpus vivy Arènes
• Acridocarpus zanzibaricus A.Juss.

References

1. Reimer, Bob (2004-04-16), Wadi Tarabat Survey, Emirates Natural History Group, archived from the original on 2011-12-26, retrieved 2019-02-11
2. Morat, P.; T. Jaffré; F. Tronchet; J. Munzinger; Y. Pillon; J. M. Veillon; M. Chalopin (2012), "The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia" (PDF), Adansonia, 34 (2): 179–221, doi: 10.5252/a2012n2a1
3. "Acridocarpus". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 April 2025.

External links

• Mkhipheni Ngwenya (June 2005). "A. natalitius". PlantZAfrica.com.