Semecarpus

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Semecarpus anacardium.jpg

|image_caption = Semecarpus anacardium

|taxon = Semecarpus

|authority = L.f.

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See text.

|synonyms =

  • Melanocommia {{small|Ridl. (1933)}}
  • Nothopegiopsis {{small|Lauterb. (1920)}}
  • Oncocarpus {{small|A.Gray (1853)}}

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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.

Taxonomy

The genus Semecarpus was erected by Carl Linnaeus the Younger in 1782 in Supplementum Plantarum.{{cite web |title=Semecarpus L.f. |work=The International Plant Names Index |url=https://www.ipni.org/n/1913-1 |access-date=2022-06-22 }} In the same work, he described Semecarpus anacardium.{{cite web |title=Semecarpus anacardium L.f. |work=The International Plant Names Index |url=https://www.ipni.org/n/71196-1 |access-date=2022-06-22 }} 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.{{Cite book |last1=Blume |first1=C.L. |date=1850 |title=Museum botanicum Lugduno-Batavum, sive, Stirpium exoticarum novarum vel minus cognitarum ex vivis aut siccis brevis expositio et descriptio |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50106874 |access-date=2022-06-22 |volume=1 |issue=12 |pages=186ff |language=la}} 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.{{Cite book |year=2018 |editor-last=Turland |editor-first=N.J. |display-editors=etal |contribution=Art. 62 |title=International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code) adopted by the Nineteenth International Botanical Congress Shenzhen, China, July 2017 |edition=electronic |location=Glashütten |publisher=International Association for Plant Taxonomy |contribution-url=https://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/pages/main/art_62.html |access-date=2022-06-22 }} {{As of|2022|June}}, the International Plant Names Index and Plants of the World Online used masculine endings, such as Semecarpus heterophyllus and Semecarpus longifolius, while the Global Biodiversity Information Facility had mixed endings, such as Semecarpus heterophylla and Semecarpus longifolius.{{GBIF|id=3190575|taxon=Semecarpus|access-date=2022-06-24|mode=cs1}}

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{{As of|2022|June}}, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:{{cite web |title=Semecarpus L.f. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1913-1 |access-date=2022-06-19 }}

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