Dichapetalum

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Dichapetalum
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Dichapetalum pallidum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Dichapetalaceae
Genus: Dichapetalum
Thouars [1] [2]
Type species
Dichapetalum madagascariense
Poir.

Dichapetalum is a genus in the plant family Dichapetalaceae. The plants are tropical lianas native mainly to tropical regions of Africa, Asia, Malesia, the West Indies, Australia and Latin America. Some species are known to be poisonous due to the presence of toxic fluorinated compounds such as fluorocarboxylic acid [3] and dichapetalins, a unique class of cytotoxic compounds that are only found within this genus. [4]

Species

Accepted by The Plant List, as of February 2014: [5]

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References

  1. Thouars, Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit. Genera Nova Madagascariensia 23. 1806.
  2. 1 2 3 "Dichapetalum%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 26 Feb 2014.
  3. PETERS, RUDOLPH; HALL, R. J. (August 1960). "Fluorine Compounds in Nature; The Distribution of Carbon-Fluorine Compounds in Some Species of Dichapetalum". Nature. 187 (4737): 573–575. Bibcode:1960Natur.187..573P. doi:10.1038/187573a0. ISSN   0028-0836. PMID   14432198. S2CID   4256114.
  4. Long, Christophe; Aussagues, Yannick; Molinier, Nicolas; Marcourt, Laurence; Vendier, Laure; Samson, Arnaud; Poughon, Valérie; Chalo Mutiso, Patrick B.; Ausseil, Frédéric; Sautel, François; Arimondo, Paola B. (October 2013). "Dichapetalins from Dichapetalum species and their cytotoxic properties". Phytochemistry. 94: 184–191. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2013.03.023. ISSN   0031-9422. PMID   23618620.
  5. The Plant List