Discocarpus

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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Discocarpus is a genus of the plant family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1841.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9707084#page/209/mode/1up Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich. 1841. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 7(1): 201-202] descriptions in Latin, commentary in German[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40033510 Tropicos Discocarpus Klotzsch ] It is native to northern South America.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=63036 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil {{cite web|url=http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-08-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/ |archivedate=2015-09-06 }}. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de JaneiroFunk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584 It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.{{cite journal|jstor=20443245|title=A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)|last1=Hoffmann|first1=Petra|last2=Kathriarachchi|first2=Hashendra|last3=Wurdack|first3=Kenneth J.|journal=Kew Bulletin|year=2006|volume=61|issue=1|pages=37–53}}

;Species

1. Discocarpus essequeboensis Klotzsch - Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Amapá), Venezuela (Amazonas), Guyana (Essequibo, Rupununi), Suriname, French Guiana[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50151777?tab=specimens Tropicos, specimen list for Discocarpus essequeboensis Klotzsch ]
2. Discocarpus gentryi S.M.Hayden - S Venezuela (Amazonas), Peru (Loreto), N Brazil[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50102816?tab=specimens Tropicos, specimen list for Discocarpus gentryi S.M. Hayden ]
3. Discocarpus pedicellatus Fiaschi & Cordeiro - State of Bahia in Brazil
4. Discocarpus spruceanus Müll.Arg. - Venezuela (Amazonas), Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Mato Grosso), Suriname (Sipaliwini), Bolivia (Santa Cruz)[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/12805420?tab=specimens Tropicos, specimen list for Discocarpus spruceanus Müll. Arg.]

;Formerly included

moved to other genera: Chaetocarpus Lachnostylis

1. Discocarpus duckeanus Jabl. - Chaetocarpus echinocarpus (Baill.) Ducke
2. Discocarpus hirtus (L.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Lachnostylis hirta (L.f.) Müll.Arg.
3. Discocarpus mazarunensis Croizat - Chaetocarpus schomburgkianus (Kuntze) Pax & K.Hoffm.

;Names in Urticaceae[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40033520 Tropicos, Discocarpus Liebm.]

In 1851, Liebmann used the same name, Discocarpus, to refer to some plants in the Urticaceae.Liebmann, Frederik Michael. 1851. Kongelige Danske videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabeli Mathematisk Afdeling 2: 308 Thus he created an illegitimate homonym, so his usage of the name had to be abandoned. Species names created in Urticaceae:[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2772937 The Plant List, synonymy for Discocnide mexicana (Liebm.) Chew ]

1. Discocarpus mexicanus Liebm. - Discocnide mexicana (Liebm.) Chew
2. Discocarpus nicaraguensis Liebm. - Discocnide mexicana (Liebm.) Chew