Leptopus

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Genus of flowering plants

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::summary Genus of flowering plants ::

|image = Leptopus cordifolius (7787495468).jpg |image_caption = Leptopus cordifolius |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Leptopus |authority = Decne. 1836 not Klotzsch & Garcke 1860 (syn of Euphorbia) |type_species = Leptopus cordifolius |type_species_authority = Decaisne |synonyms_ref = |synonyms = *Andrachne (Endlicher) Pojarkova

  • Chorisandrachne Airy Shaw
  • Thelypetalum Gagnep.
  • Arachne (Endl.) Pojark.
  • Archileptopus P.T.Li
  • Andrachne [unranked] Arachne Endlicher

Leptopus, the maidenbushes, are a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae native to southern Asia from the Caucasus east to China and Maluku. The plants are monoecious herbs and shrubs with simple, entire leaves and small, green flowers.

Leptopus is one of eight genera in the tribe Poranthereae and comprises 9 species. It is the sister of Actephila. The type species is Leptopus cordifolius. The name is derived from two Greek words, leptos, "thin, slender, or small", and pous, "foot", a reference to slender pedicels. The genus was first described in 1836 and revised in 2009.

Leptopus fangdingianus had been placed by some authors in a separate genus, Archileptopus, but it was shown in 2007 that recognition of Archileptopus makes Leptopus paraphyletic. Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides has been placed in Leptopus as well as in Andrachne. In 2007, it was shown to not properly belong to either genus and in 2008 was assigned to a new genus, Phyllanthopsis.

;Species

  1. Leptopus australis - Hainan, SE Asia
  2. Leptopus chinensis - China, Myanmar, Pakistan, Iran, Caucasus
  3. Leptopus clarkei - S China, Assam, Myanmar, Vietnam
  4. Leptopus cordifolius - Afghanistan, Himalayas
  5. Leptopus emicans - Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar
  6. Leptopus fangdingianus - Guangxi
  7. Leptopus hainanensis - Hainan
  8. Leptopus nepalensis - Nepal
  9. Leptopus pachyphyllus - Guangxi
  10. Leptopus robinsonii - Vietnam

;formerly included moved to other genera: Chorisandrachne Euphorbia Notoleptopus Phyllanthopsis

  1. L. adiantoides - Euphorbia adiantoides
  2. L. brasiliensis - Euphorbia hyssopifolia
  3. L. decaisnei - Notoleptopus decaisnei
  4. L. diplospermus - Chorisandrachne diplosperma
  5. L. dominianus - Notoleptopus decaisnei
  6. L. hartwegii - Euphorbia adiantoides
  7. L. ocymoides - Euphorbia ocymoidea
  8. L. orbicularis - Notoleptopus decaisnei
  9. L. phyllanthoides - Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides
  10. L. poeppigii - Euphorbia poeppigii
  11. L. segoviensis - Euphorbia segoviensis

References

References

  1. [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=111056 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
  2. [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=118234 Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 169 雀舌木属 que she mu shu ''Leptopus'' Decaisne in Jacquemont, Voy. Inde. 4(Bot.): 155. 1835.]
  3. Petra Hoffmann, Hashendra S. Kathriarachchi, and Kenneth J. Wurdack. 2006. "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae." ''Kew Bulletin'' '''61'''(1):37-53.
  4. [[Maria Vorontsova (botanist). Maria S. Vorontsova]] and Petra Hoffmann. 2008. "A phylogenetic classification of tribe Poranthereae (Phyllanthaceae)." ''Kew Bulletin'' '''63'''(1):41-59.
  5. ''Leptopus'' In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: [[Regnum Vegetabile]] (see ''External links'' below).
  6. Umberto Quattrocchi. 2000. ''CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names'' volume II. CRC Press: Boca Raton; New York; Washington, DC;, USA. London, UK. {{ISBN. 978-0-8493-2676-9.
  7. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34667678#page/155/mode/1up Decaisne, Joseph. 1836. in Jacquemont, Venceslas Victor, Voyage dans l'Inde 4: 155, pl. 156] in Latin
  8. [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40005145 Tropicos, ''Leptopus'' Decne.]
  9. [[Maria Vorontsova (botanist). Maria S. Vorontsova]] and Petra Hoffmann. 2009. "Revision of the genus ''Leptopus'' (Phyllanthaceae, Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". ''Kew Bulletin'' '''64'''(4):627-644.
  10. Maria S. Vorontsova, Petra Hoffmann, Olivier Maurin, and Mark W. Chase. 2007. "Phylogenetics of tribe Poranthereae (Phyllanthaceae)." ''American Journal of Botany'' '''94'''(12):2026-2040.

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