Leptopus

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Leptopus
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Leptopus cordifolius
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Phyllanthoideae
Tribe: Poranthereae
Genus: Leptopus
Decne. 1836 not Klotzsch & Garcke 1860 (syn of Euphorbia )
Type species
Leptopus cordifolius
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Andrachne(Endlicher) Pojarkova
  • Chorisandrachne Airy Shaw
  • ThelypetalumGagnep.
  • Arachne(Endl.) Pojark.
  • ArchileptopusP.T.Li
  • Andrachne [unranked] ArachneEndlicher

Leptopus, the maidenbushes, are a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae native to southern Asia from the Caucasus east to China and Maluku. [1] [2] The plants are monoecious herbs and shrubs with simple, entire leaves and small, green flowers.

Leptopus is one of eight genera in the tribe Poranthereae [3] and comprises 9 species. [4] It is the sister of Actephila . The type species is Leptopus cordifolius . [5] The name is derived from two Greek words, leptos, "thin, slender, or small", and pous, "foot", a reference to slender pedicels. [6] The genus was first described in 1836 [7] [8] and revised in 2009. [9]

Leptopus fangdingianus had been placed by some authors in a separate genus, Archileptopus, but it was shown in 2007 that recognition of Archileptopus makes Leptopus paraphyletic. [10] Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides has been placed in Leptopus as well as in Andrachne . In 2007, it was shown to not properly belong to either genus and in 2008 was assigned to a new genus, Phyllanthopsis . [4]

Species [1]
  1. Leptopus australis - Hainan, SE Asia
  2. Leptopus chinensis - China, Myanmar, Pakistan, Iran, Caucasus
  3. Leptopus clarkei - S China, Assam, Myanmar, Vietnam
  4. Leptopus cordifolius - Afghanistan, Himalayas
  5. Leptopus emicans - Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar
  6. Leptopus fangdingianus - Guangxi
  7. Leptopus hainanensis - Hainan
  8. Leptopus nepalensis - Nepal
  9. Leptopus pachyphyllus - Guangxi
  10. Leptopus robinsonii - Vietnam
formerly included [1]

moved to other genera: Chorisandrachne Euphorbia Notoleptopus Phyllanthopsis

  1. L. adiantoides - Euphorbia adiantoides
  2. L. brasiliensis - Euphorbia hyssopifolia
  3. L. decaisnei - Notoleptopus decaisnei
  4. L. diplospermus - Chorisandrachne diplosperma
  5. L. dominianus - Notoleptopus decaisnei
  6. L. hartwegii - Euphorbia adiantoides
  7. L. ocymoides - Euphorbia ocymoidea
  8. L. orbicularis - Notoleptopus decaisnei
  9. L. phyllanthoides - Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides
  10. L. poeppigii - Euphorbia poeppigii
  11. L. segoviensis - Euphorbia segoviensis

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 1 2 Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 169 雀舌木属 que she mu shu Leptopus Decaisne in Jacquemont, Voy. Inde. 4(Bot.): 155. 1835.
  3. ↑ Petra Hoffmann, Hashendra S. Kathriarachchi, and Kenneth J. Wurdack. 2006. "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae." Kew Bulletin61(1):37-53.
  4. 1 2 Maria S. Vorontsova and Petra Hoffmann. 2008. "A phylogenetic classification of tribe Poranthereae (Phyllanthaceae)." Kew Bulletin63(1):41-59.
  5. ↑ Leptopus In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile (see External links below).
  6. ↑ Umberto Quattrocchi. 2000. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names volume II. CRC Press: Boca Raton; New York; Washington, DC;, USA. London, UK. ISBN   978-0-8493-2676-9.
  7. ↑ Decaisne, Joseph. 1836. in Jacquemont, Venceslas Victor, Voyage dans l'Inde 4: 155, pl. 156 in Latin
  8. ↑ Tropicos, Leptopus Decne.
  9. ↑ Maria S. Vorontsova and Petra Hoffmann. 2009. "Revision of the genus Leptopus (Phyllanthaceae, Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin64(4):627-644.
  10. ↑ Maria S. Vorontsova, Petra Hoffmann, Olivier Maurin, and Mark W. Chase. 2007. "Phylogenetics of tribe Poranthereae (Phyllanthaceae)." American Journal of Botany94(12):2026-2040.
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