Acropogon
| Acropogon | |
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| flowers of A. jaffrei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sterculioideae |
| Genus: | Acropogon Schltr.[1] |
| Type species | |
| non design. | |
Acropogon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia. It contains around 25 species. Its closest relatives are Australian genera: Argyrodendron, Brachychiton and Franciscodendron.[2]
List of species
[edit]As of November 2025[update], Plants of the World Online accepted 24 species:[3]
- Acropogon aoupiniensis Morat
- Acropogon austrocaledonicus (Hook.f.) Morat
- Acropogon bosseri Morat & Chalopin
- Acropogon bullatus (Pancher & Sebert) Morat
- Acropogon calcicola Morat & Chalopin
- Acropogon chalopiniae Morat
- Acropogon domatifer Morat
- Acropogon dzumacensis (Guillaumin) Morat
- Acropogon fatsioides Schltr.
- Acropogon francii (Guillaumin) Morat
- Acropogon grandiflorus Morat & Chalopin
- Acropogon horarius Gâteblé & Munzinger
- Acropogon jaffrei Morat & Chalopin
- Acropogon macrocarpus Morat & Chalopin
- Acropogon margaretae Morat & Chalopin
- Acropogon megaphyllus (Bureau & Poiss. ex Guillaumin) Morat
- Acropogon merytifolius Morat & Chalopin
- Acropogon mesophilus Munzinger & Gâteblé
- Acropogon moratianus Callm., Munzinger & Lowry[4]
- Acropogon paagoumenensis Morat & Chalopin
- Acropogon pilosus Morat & Chalopin
- Acropogon sageniifolia Schltr.
- Acropogon schefflerifolius (Guillaumin) Morat
- Acropogon schistophilus Morat & Chalopin
- Acropogon schumanniana Schltr.
- Acropogon tireliae Morat & Chalopin
- Acropogon veillonii Morat
References
[edit]- ↑ "IPNI Plant Name Query Results for Acropogon". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
- ↑ Wilkie, P., A. Clark, R. T. Pennington, M. Cheek, C. Bayer, and C. C. Wilcock. (2006) Phylogenetic Relationships within the Subfamily Sterculioideae (Malvaceae/Sterculiaceae-Sterculieae) Using the Chloroplast Gene ndhF." Systematic Botany 31(1): 160–70.
- ↑ "Acropogon Schltr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ↑ Callmander, Martin W.; Munzinger, Jérôme; Buerki, Sven; Lowry, Porter P. (2015). "Novitates Neocaledonicae. II.Acropogon moratianus Callm., Munzinger & Lowry, sp. Nov. (Malvaceae, Sterculieae): A rare and threatened new species from New Caledonia". Adansonia. 37 (1): 131–137. Bibcode:2015Adan...37..131C. doi:10.5252/a2015n1a8.
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