Hartogiopsis

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Hartogiopsis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Hartogiopsis
H.Perrier
Species:
H. trilobocarpa
Binomial name
Hartogiopsis trilobocarpa
(Baker) H.Perrier
Synonyms

Hartogia trilobocarpaBaker

Hartogiopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae. [2] It contains only one species, Hartogiopsis trilobocarpa. [3]

Contents

It is native to Madagascar. [3]

Description

Hartogiopsis trilobocarpa is a large shrub or small tree that grows up to 12 meters tall. [1]

Range and habitat

Hartogiopsis trilobocarpa is native to eastern and central Madagascar. There are ten known subpopulations of the species. It is found in the regions of Analamanga, Vakinankaratra, Sava, Betsiboka, Alaotra-Mangoro, and Anosy. [1]

It inhabits Madagascar's humid lowland forests and montane humid and subhumid forests, between 100 and 2,130 meters elevation. [1]

Conservation and threats

The species' population is declining from habitat loss caused by deforestation for agriculture and shifting cultivation, logging, and mining. Its population size is not well known. Its conservation status is assessed as least concern. [1]

Name

The genus name of Hartogiopsis is in honour of Johannes Hartog (c. 1663 – 1722), a German gardener and plant collector in Dutch service in present-day Sri Lanka and South Africa. [4] The Latin specific epithet of trilobocarpa means three-lobed. [5] Hartogiopsis trilobocarpa was first described and published by John Gilbert Baker in Notul. Syst. (Paris) Vol.10 on page 195 in 1942. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Razafiniary, V. 2020. Hartogiopsis trilobocarpa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T137497001A137870121. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T137497001A137870121.en. Accessed on 21 September 2022.
  2. "Hartogiopsis H.Perrier | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Hartogiopsis trilobocarpa (Baker) H.Perrier | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID   187926901 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). Latin for Gardeners: Over 3,000 Plant Names Explained and Explored. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. ISBN   9780226009193.