Homalanthus
| Homalanthus | |
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| Bleeding-heart tree (Homalanthus populifolius) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Euphorbioideae |
| Tribe: | Hippomaneae |
| Subtribe: | Carumbiinae |
| Genus: | Homalanthus A.Juss. 1824, conserved name, not Less. 1832 nor Wittst. 1852 (the latter both in Asteraceae)[1] |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Homalanthus is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1824.[3] It is the only genus in subtribe Carumbiinae. The genus is native to tropical Asia, Australia, and various islands in the Pacific.[2][4]
When published, the generic name was spelt as "Omalanthus".[3] Since the name comes from the ancient Greek word homalos meaning "smooth" and anthos meaning "flower", this original spelling was inconsistent with the general Greek transliteration rules, and many later authors changed it to Homalanthus. According to ICBN, Homalanthus, which can be found in its Appendix III, has now been conserved against the original Omalanthus.[5]
- Species[2]
- Homalanthus acuminatus - Tahiti
- Homalanthus arfakiensis - Maluku, West New Guinea
- Homalanthus caloneurus - Brunei, Sabah
- Homalanthus ebracteatua - Vanuatu
- Homalanthus fastuosus - Lan Yü, Philippines
- Homalanthus giganteus - Java, Lesser Sunda Islands
- Homalanthus grandifolius - Sumatra, Borneo
- Homalanthus longipes - Vanuatu
- Homalanthus longistylus - Papua New Guinea, Bismarcks
- Homalanthus macradenius - Philippines
- Homalanthus nervosus - New Guinea
- Homalanthus novoguineensis- Papua New Guinea, Bismarcks, Solomons, Maluku, Lesser Sunda, NT, Qld, WA
- Homalanthus nutans- many Pacific Islands
- Homalanthus polyadenius - Papua New Guinea
- Homalanthus polyandrus - Kermadec
- Homalanthus populifolius - Papua New Guinea, Bismarcks, Solomons, Norfolk I, Lord Howe I, NSW, Qld, Vic
- Homalanthus populneus - S Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines; naturalized in Hawaii
- Homalanthus remotus - West New Guinea
- Homalanthus repandus - New Caledonia, Loyalty Is
- Homalanthus schlechteri - New Caledonia, Loyalty Is
- Homalanthus stillingiifolius - NSW, Qld
- Homalanthus stokesii - Rapa-Iti
- Homalanthus trivalvis - Solomons
References[edit]
- ^ Tropicos, search for name Homalanthus
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 50
- ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Vienna Code). International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 2006. ISBN 3-906166-48-1.
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