Naucleopsis

Naucleopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Moraceae
Tribe:	Castilleae
Genus:	Naucleopsis Miq.
Species
25; see text
Synonyms
Acanthosphaera Warb. (1906 publ. 1907) Ogcodeia Bureau (1873) Palmolmedia Ducke (1939) Uleodendron Rauschert (1982)

Naucleopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the mulberry family, Moraceae. It includes 25 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Honduras to Bolivia and southeastern Brazil.

Species

25 species are accepted.

• Naucleopsis caloneura (Huber) Ducke
• Naucleopsis capirensis C.C.Berg
• Naucleopsis chiguila Benoist
• Naucleopsis concinna (Standl.) C.C.Berg
• Naucleopsis francisci C.C.Berg
• Naucleopsis glabra Spruce ex Pittier
• Naucleopsis guianensis (Mildbr.) C.C.Berg
• Naucleopsis herrerensis C.C.Berg
• Naucleopsis humilis C.C.Berg
• Naucleopsis imitans (Ducke) C.C.Berg
• Naucleopsis inaequalis (Ducke) C.C.Berg
• Naucleopsis insculptula Ducke
• Naucleopsis jamariensis C.C.Berg
• Naucleopsis krukovii (Standl.) C.C.Berg
• Naucleopsis macrophylla Miq.
• Naucleopsis naga Pittier
• Naucleopsis oblongifolia (Kuhlm.) Carauta
• Naucleopsis pseudonaga (Mildbr.) C.C.Berg
• Naucleopsis riparia C.C.Berg
• Naucleopsis stipularis Ducke
• Naucleopsis straminea C.C.Berg
• Naucleopsis ternstroemiiflora (Mildbr.) C.C.Berg
• Naucleopsis tubulata Al.Santos & Romaniuc
• Naucleopsis ulei (Warb.) Ducke
• Naucleopsis velutina C.C.Berg

Further reading

• Shrestha, T.; Kopp, B.; Bisset, N. G. (1992). "The Moraceae-based dart poisons of South America. Cardiac glycosides of Maquira and Naucleopsis species". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 37 (2): 129–143. doi:10.1016/0378-8741(92)90071-X. PMID 1434687.

External links

• Naucleopsis Miq. at Tropicos. Retrieved 4 December 2013.