Carpodetus

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| image_caption = Carpodetus serratus in New Zealand

| taxon = Carpodetus

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Carpodetus is a genus of flowering plants in the Rousseaceae family. It was formerly considered to lie within the Escalloniaceae. Its species occur in New Guinea, New Zealand, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.Pillon, Y., H. C. F. Hopkins, L. Barrabe, and E. A. Stacy (2014). A New Record for Carpodetus (Rousseaceae) in Vanuatu. New Zealand Journal of Botany 52: 449–52. The genus is characterised by small trees with alternate, evergreen leaves, bearing small white flowers with few stamens.{{cite journal |author1=Praglowski, Joseph |author2=Grafström, Elizabeth |year=1985 |title=The genus Carpodetus (Escalloniaceae): a pollenmorphological enigma |journal=Grana |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=11–21 |doi=10.1080/00173138509427419|doi-access=free |bibcode=1985Grana..24...11P }}

Species

Described species include:{{cite web |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Rousseaceae/Carpodetus/|title= Carpodetus|access-date=2014-02-06 |work=The Plant List: A working list of all plant species |publisher=The Plant List |year=2010 }}

Carpodetus amplus Reeder
Carpodetus arboreus (Lauterb. & K.Schum.) Schltr.
Carpodetus archboldianus Reeder
Carpodetus denticulatus (Ridl.) Reeder
Carpodetus flexuosus (Ridl.) Reeder
Carpodetus fuscus Reeder
Carpodetus grandiflorus Schltr.
Carpodetus major Schltr.
Carpodetus montanus (Ridl.) Reeder
Carpodetus pullei Schltr.
Carpodetus serratus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. New Zealand

Taxonomy

Carpodetus and its type species C. serratus were first described by father and son Forster in 1773 and placed in the Saxifragaceae. In 1934 it was assigned to the newly created Escalloniaceae by Hutchinson in his major revision of the dicotyledon families.{{cite journal|last= Brook|first= J.P.|year= 1951|title= Vegetative Anatomy of Carpodetus serratus Forst.|journal= Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand|volume= 79|issue= 2|pages= 276–285|url= http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_79/rsnz_79_02_003500.pdf}} In the APG III system, Carpodetus has been referred to the Rousseaceae.

=Phylogeny=

Carpodetus is the sister to the clade consisting of Abrophyllum and Cuttsia. Roussea is sister to the rest of the family and is geographically most distanced from the other genera. Most related to this family are the Campanulaceae. This results in the following phylogenetic tree.{{cite book|author= Michael Heads|year= 2013|title= Biogeography of Australasia: A Molecular Analysis|publisher= Cambridge University Press}}

{{Clade

|label1=order Asterales

|1={{Clade

|label2=family Rousseaceae

|1=family Campanulaceae (± cosmopolitan)

|2={{Clade

|label1=subfamily Rousseoideae

|1=Roussea (Mauritius)

|label2=subfamily Carpodetoideae

|2={{Clade

|label1=(eastern Australia)

|1={{Clade

|1=Abrophyllum

|2=Cuttsia

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|2=Carpodetus (New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Zealand)

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|2=other Asterales families

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=Etymology=

Carpodetus is derived from the Greek words καρπός ({{lang|grc|karpos}}) (fruit) and {{lang|grc|detus}} (bound together), a reference that the seeds are bound together in clusters in the berry.{{cite book|author= Marie Taylor|year= 2002|title= Meanings and origins of botanical names of New Zealand plants|publisher= Auckland Botanical Society}} cited on {{cite web|website= Alter-Natives Nursery & Landscaping|title= Carpodetus serratus|url= http://www.alter-natives.co.nz/html/Plantpages/Carpodetus_serratus.htm|access-date= 2016-03-15}}

References

Category:Rousseaceae

Category:Asterales genera