Calycopeplus

Calycopeplus is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described by Jules Émile Planchon as a genus in 1861.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to Australia.[3][4] Its closest relative is Neoguillauminia from New Caledonia.[5]

Calycopeplus
Calycopeplus paucifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Euphorbieae
Subtribe: Neoguillauminiinae
Genus: Calycopeplus
Planch.

The type species is Calycopeplus ephedroides,[6][1] which is a synonym of Calycopeplus paucifolius.[7]

Species[3]
  1. Calycopeplus casuarinoides L.S.Sm. - N Qld
  2. Calycopeplus collinus P.I.Forst. - NT, N WA
  3. Calycopeplus marginatus Benth. - WA
  4. Calycopeplus oligandrus P.I.Forst. - SW WA
  5. Calycopeplus paucifolius (Klotzsch) Baill. - SA, WA

Description

The plants in this genus are monoecious, with the single sex flowers found in different parts of the same inflorescence. The female flowers are solitary and in the centre, while the male flowers are found in 4 clusters of 3–16 flowers within the involucre opposite the lobes. Each cluster is surrounded by bracts, with the outer one or two being enlarged and enclosing the cluster.[8]

References
  1. Planchon, Jules Émile. 1861. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 8: 30-32 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French
  2. Tropicos, Calycopeplus Planch.
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. 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.
  5. James W Horn; Benjamin W van Ee; Jeffery J Morawetz; Ricarda Riina; Victor W Steinmann; Paul E Berry; Kenneth J Wurdack (21 January 2012). "Phylogenetics and the evolution of major structural characters in the giant genus Euphorbia L. (Euphorbiaceae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 63 (2): 305–326. doi:10.1016/J.YMPEV.2011.12.022. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 22273597. Wikidata Q41419806.
  6. "Calycopeplus ephedroides Planchon". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  7. "Calycopeplus paucifolius (Klotzsch) Baill. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  8. Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science. "FloraBase—the Western Australian Flora: Calycopeplus Planch". florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
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