Poupartia

Poupartia is a genus of plant in family Anacardiaceae. From the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion, all in the Indian Ocean.[1]

Poupartia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Subfamily: Spondiadoideae
Genus: Poupartia
Comm. ex Juss. (1789)
Synonyms
  • Shakua Bojer

Taxonomy

The genus name of Poupartia is in honour of François Poupart (d. 1708), a French physician, anatomist and entomologist.[2] It was first described and published in Gen. Pl. on page 372 in 1789.[1]

Species

As of July 2020, Plants of the World online has 8 accepted species:[1][3]

  • Poupartia borbonica J.F.Gmelin
  • Poupartia castanea (Baker) Engl.
  • Poupartia chapelieri (Guillaumin) H. Perrier
  • Poupartia gummifera Sprague
  • Poupartia minor (Bojer) L.Marchand
  • Poupartia orientalis Capuron ex Randrianasolo & J.S.Mill.
  • Poupartia pubescens Marchand
  • Poupartia silvatica H.Perrier

Note

Poupartia caffra H.Perrier, the Sakoa tree from Madagascar, is a synonym of Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra (Sond.) Kokwaro[4]

References

  1. Poupartia Comm. ex Juss., Kew Science Plants of the World Online, retrieved 13 July 2020
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. "Poupartia". The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  4. "Poupartia caffra". The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
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