Hydnocarpus

Hydnocarpus
Hydnocarpus macrocarpus fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Achariaceae
Genus:	Hydnocarpus Gaertn.
Species
See text
Synonyms
AsteriastigmaBedd. DankiaGagnep. TaraktogenosHassk. [1]

Hydnocarpus ^[2] is a genus of medium to large trees in the Family Achariaceae; the genus was previously placed in the now defunct family Flacourtiaceae. Species have been recorded from Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Characteristics

Hydnocarpus has alternate leaves, small dioecious racemose flowers, and capsules of which several are sources of chaulmoogra oil and hydnocarpus oil. A species of Hydnocarpus is thought to host to the Peacock mite Tuckerella filipina.^{[ citation needed ]}

Hydnocarpus alpinus flower

Hydnocarpus alpinus leaves

Hydnocarpus pentandra leaves

Species

Plants of the World Online currently includes: ^[3]

• Hydnocarpus alcalae C.DC.
• Hydnocarpus alpinus Wight (H.alpina)
• Hydnocarpus annamensis Lescot & Sleumer ex Harwood & B.L.Webber
• Hydnocarpus annamicus H.L.Li
• Hydnocarpus anomalus (Merr.) Sleumer
• Hydnocarpus beccarianus Sleumer
• Hydnocarpus borneensis Sleumer
• Hydnocarpus calophyllus (Ridl.) Sleumer
• Hydnocarpus calvipetalus Craib
• Hydnocarpus castaneus Hook.f. & Thomson
  • synonym: Hydnocarpus anthelminticus ( sic ) Pierre ex Laness. ^{[4] [5]}
• Hydnocarpus cauliflorus Merr.
• Hydnocarpus corymbosus Seem.
• Hydnocarpus crassifolius Sleumer
• Hydnocarpus cucurbitinus King (H. cucurbitana)
• Hydnocarpus curtisii King
• Hydnocarpus dawnensis C.E.Parkinson & C.E.C.Fisch.
• Hydnocarpus elmeri Merr.
• Hydnocarpus filipes Symington & Sleumer
• Hydnocarpus glaucescens Blume
• Hydnocarpus gracilis (Slooten) Sleumer
• Hydnocarpus hainanensis (Merr.) Sleumer
• Hydnocarpus heterophyllus Blume
• Hydnocarpus humei Ridl.
• Hydnocarpus ilicifolius King
• Hydnocarpus kunstleri (King) Warb.
• Hydnocarpus kurzii (King) Warb. (= H. heterophyllus)
• Hydnocarpus longipedunculatus Robi, Sasidh. & Jose
• Hydnocarpus macrocarpus (Bedd.) Warb.
• Hydnocarpus merrillianus Sleumer
• Hydnocarpus nanus King (H. nana)
• Hydnocarpus octandrus Thwaites (H. octandra)
• Hydnocarpus pendulus Manilal, T.Sabu & Sivar.
• Hydnocarpus pentandrus (Buch.-Ham.) Oken
  • synonym: Hydnocarpus wightianus Blume ^{[6] [7]}
• Hydnocarpus pinguis Sleumer
• Hydnocarpus polypetalus (Slooten) Sleumer
• Hydnocarpus saigonensis Pierre ex Gagnep.
• Hydnocarpus scortechinii King
• Hydnocarpus subfalcatus Merr.
• Hydnocarpus sumatranus (Miq.) Koord. (= H. hutchinsonii)
• Hydnocarpus tenuipetalus Sleumer
• Hydnocarpus venenatus Gaertn. (H. venetana) - type species
• Hydnocarpus verrucosus C.E.Parkinson & C.E.C.Fisch.
• Hydnocarpus woodii Merr.
• Hydnocarpus wrayi King
• Hydnocarpus yatesii Merr.

Note: A number of species were formerly in Taraktogenos .

References

1. "Hydnocarpus Gaertn". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-03-30. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
2. Gaertner (1788) De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum: accedunt seminum centuriae quinque priores cum tabulis Aeneis LXXIX. Stutgardiae, Tubingae 288. t. 60.
3. Plants of the World Online: Hydnocarpus Gaertn. (retrieved 11 June 2020)
4. POWO: Hydnocarpus anthelminthicus Pierre ex Laness. (retrieved 11 June 2020)
5. The Plant List: Hydnocarpus anthelminthicus Pierre ex Laness. (retrieved 11 June 2020)
6. POWO: Hydnocarpus wightianus Blume (retrieved 11 June 2020)
7. The Plant List: Hydnocarpus wightianus Blume (retrieved 11 June 2020)

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External links

• Data related to Hydnocarpus at Wikispecies
• Media related to Hydnocarpus at Wikimedia Commons