Acropogon

Acropogon
flowers of A. jaffrei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Subfamily:	Sterculioideae
Genus:	Acropogon Schltr. [1]
Type species
non design.

Acropogon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia. It contains around 25 species. Its closest relatives are Australian genera: Argyrodendron , Brachychiton and Franciscodendron . ^[2]

List of species

As of November 2025 ^[update] , Plants of the World Online accepted 24 species: ^[3]

• Acropogon aoupiniensis Morat
• Acropogon austrocaledonicus (Hook.f.) Morat
• Acropogon bosseri Morat & Chalopin
• Acropogon bullatus (Pancher & Sebert) Morat
• Acropogon calcicola Morat & Chalopin
• Acropogon chalopiniae Morat
• Acropogon domatifer Morat
• Acropogon dzumacensis (Guillaumin) Morat
• Acropogon fatsioides Schltr.
• Acropogon francii (Guillaumin) Morat
• Acropogon grandiflorus Morat & Chalopin
• Acropogon horarius Gâteblé & Munzinger
• Acropogon jaffrei Morat & Chalopin
• Acropogon macrocarpus Morat & Chalopin
• Acropogon margaretae Morat & Chalopin
• Acropogon megaphyllus (Bureau & Poiss. ex Guillaumin) Morat
• Acropogon merytifolius Morat & Chalopin
• Acropogon mesophilus Munzinger & Gâteblé
• Acropogon moratianus Callm., Munzinger & Lowry ^[4]
• Acropogon paagoumenensis Morat & Chalopin
• Acropogon pilosus Morat & Chalopin
• Acropogon sageniifolia Schltr.
• Acropogon schefflerifolius (Guillaumin) Morat
• Acropogon schistophilus Morat & Chalopin
• Acropogon schumanniana Schltr.
• Acropogon tireliae Morat & Chalopin
• Acropogon veillonii Morat

References

1. "IPNI Plant Name Query Results for Acropogon". The International Plant Names Index . Retrieved 2015-10-14.
2. Wilkie, P., A. Clark, R. T. Pennington, M. Cheek, C. Bayer, and C. C. Wilcock. (2006) Phylogenetic Relationships within the Subfamily Sterculioideae (Malvaceae/Sterculiaceae-Sterculieae) Using the Chloroplast Gene ndhF." Systematic Botany 31(1): 160–70.
3. "Acropogon Schltr". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 2 November 2025.
4. Callmander, Martin W.; Munzinger, Jérôme; Buerki, Sven; Lowry, Porter P. (2015). "Novitates Neocaledonicae. II.Acropogon moratianus Callm., Munzinger & Lowry, sp. Nov. (Malvaceae, Sterculieae): A rare and threatened new species from New Caledonia". Adansonia. 37: 131–137. doi: 10.5252/a2015n1a8 .