Discocarpus
Discocarpus
Genus of flowering plants
Discocarpus is a genus of the plant family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1841.[1][2] It is native to northern South America.[3][4][5][6] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[7]
- Species[3]
- Discocarpus essequeboensis Klotzsch - Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Amapá), Venezuela (Amazonas), Guyana (Essequibo, Rupununi), Suriname, French Guiana[3][8]
- Discocarpus gentryi S.M.Hayden - S Venezuela (Amazonas), Peru (Loreto), N Brazil[3][9]
- Discocarpus pedicellatus Fiaschi & Cordeiro - State of Bahia in Brazil[3]
- Discocarpus spruceanus Müll.Arg. - Venezuela (Amazonas), Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Mato Grosso), Suriname (Sipaliwini), Bolivia (Santa Cruz)[3][10]
- Formerly included[3]
moved to other genera: Chaetocarpus Lachnostylis
- Discocarpus duckeanus Jabl. - Chaetocarpus echinocarpus (Baill.) Ducke
- Discocarpus hirtus (L.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Lachnostylis hirta (L.f.) Müll.Arg.
- Discocarpus mazarunensis Croizat - Chaetocarpus schomburgkianus (Kuntze) Pax & K.Hoffm.
- Names in Urticaceae[11]
In 1851, Liebmann used the same name, Discocarpus, to refer to some plants in the Urticaceae.[12] Thus he created an illegitimate homonym, so his usage of the name had to be abandoned. Species names created in Urticaceae:[13]
- Discocarpus mexicanus Liebm. - Discocnide mexicana (Liebm.) Chew
- Discocarpus nicaraguensis Liebm. - Discocnide mexicana (Liebm.) Chew