Sarcosperma

{{Short description|Genus of shrubs and trees}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = 肉實樹 Sarcosperma laurinum -香港花展 Hong Kong Flower Show- (13219004763).jpg

| image_caption = Sarcosperma laurinum

| parent_authority = Swenson & Anderb.

| taxon = Sarcosperma

| authority = Hook.f.

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| synonyms =

  • Apoia Merr.
  • Bracea King
  • Peronia {{small|R.Br. ex Wall.}}

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Sarcosperma is a genus of trees or shrubs in the family Sapotaceae.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/657813#page/130/mode/1up Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1876. Genera plantarum :ad exemplaria imprimis in Herberiis Kewensibus servata definita /auctoribus G. Bentham et J.D. Hooker. 2: 651, 655] Their range is from India to southern China and Malesia.

Description

The leaves are well-spaced along twigs. Flowers are bisexual, with a funnel-shaped corolla. Fruits are one or two-seeded. Sarcosperma habitats are forests from sea-level to about {{convert|1300|m|-2}} elevation.

Species

;Accepted species

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  1. Sarcosperma affine {{Au|Gagnep.}} - Vietnam
  2. Sarcosperma angustifolium {{Au|Gagnep.}} - Vietnam
  3. Sarcosperma arboreum {{Au|Hook.f.}} - S China, E Himalayas, NW Indochina
  4. Sarcosperma griffithii {{Au|Hook.f. ex C.B.Clarke}} - Yunnan, E Himalayas
  5. Sarcosperma kachinense {{Au|(King & Pantl.) Exell}} - S China, Assam, N Indochina
  6. Sarcosperma kontumense {{Au|Gagnep. ex Aubrév.}} - Vietnam
  7. Sarcosperma laurinum {{Au|(Benth.) Hook.f.}} - Vietnam, S China
  8. Sarcosperma ovatifolium {{Au|Gagnep.}} - Vietnam
  9. Sarcosperma paniculatum {{Au|(King) Stapf & King}} - Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines
  10. Sarcosperma pedunculatum {{Au|Hemsl.}} - Yunnan, Hunnan, Vietnam
  11. Sarcosperma uittienii {{Au|H.J.Lam}} - Selangor, Sumatra

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References

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{{Cite web |title=Sarcosperma Hook.f. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 2: 655 (1876) |website=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=185351 |access-date=28 December 2013}}

{{Cite book | last1 = Noorsiha | first1 = A. |date=April 2002 | contribution = Sarcosperma Hook.f. | contribution-url = http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/backup/TFSS.vol4_5_6.pdf | editor1-last = Soepadmo | editor1-first = E. | editor2-last = Saw | editor2-first = L. G. | editor3-last = Chung | editor3-first = R. C. K. | title = Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak | volume = 4 | pages = 343–345 | publisher = Forest Research Institute Malaysia | isbn = 983-2181-27-5 | url = http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/Resources/Publications/Books/Floras/Tree-Flora-of-Sabah-and-Sarawak.aspx | version = (free online from the publisher, lesser resolution scan PDF versions) | accessdate = 28 December 2013 }}

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Category:Sapotaceae genera

Category:Flora of the Indomalayan realm

Category:Taxa described in 1876

Category:Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker

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