Genus of flowering plants
Semecarpus is a genus of plants in the family Anacardiaceae . It includes 87 species native to the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Malesia, Taiwan, Papuasia, Queensland, and the South Pacific.[ 1]
Taxonomy
The genus Semecarpus was erected by Carl Linnaeus the Younger in 1782 in Supplementum Plantarum .[ 2] In the same work, he described Semecarpus anacardium .[ 3] The gender of the genus name has been the subject of some confusion. Early authors treated it as feminine. As one example, in 1850, Carl Ludwig Blume described a number of species of Semecarpus , such as Semecarpus heterophylla and Semecarpus longifolia , using feminine endings for the specific epithet.[ 4] However, Example 3 of Article 62 of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants states that all compounds ending in the Greek masculine ‑carpos or ‑carpus are masculine.[ 5] As of June 2022[update] , the International Plant Names Index and Plants of the World Online used masculine endings, such as Semecarpus heterophyllus and Semecarpus longifolius ,[ 1] while the Global Biodiversity Information Facility had mixed endings, such as Semecarpus heterophylla and Semecarpus longifolius .[ 6]
Species
As of June 2022[update] , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[ 1]
References
^ a b c d "Semecarpus L.f." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-06-19 .
^ "Semecarpus L.f." The International Plant Names Index . Retrieved 2022-06-22 .
^ "Semecarpus anacardium L.f." The International Plant Names Index . Retrieved 2022-06-22 .
^ Blume, C.L. (1850). Museum botanicum Lugduno-Batavum, sive, Stirpium exoticarum novarum vel minus cognitarum ex vivis aut siccis brevis expositio et descriptio (in Latin). Vol. 1. pp. 186ff. Retrieved 2022-06-22 .
^ Turland, N.J.; et al., eds. (2018). "Art. 62" . International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code) adopted by the Nineteenth International Botanical Congress Shenzhen, China, July 2017 (electronic ed.). Glashütten: International Association for Plant Taxonomy. Retrieved 2022-06-22 .
^ "Semecarpus " . Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2022-06-24 .
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