Acropogon
Acropogon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia. It contains around 25 species. Its closest relatives are Australian genera: Argyrodendron, Brachychiton and Franciscodendron.[2]
| Acropogon | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Rosids | 
| Order: | Malvales | 
| Family: | Malvaceae | 
| Subfamily: | Sterculioideae | 
| Genus: | Acropogon Schltr.[1]  | 
| Type species | |
| non design. | |
List of species
    
As of October 2015, The Plant List accepted 24 species:[3]
- Acropogon aoupiniensis Morat
 - Acropogon austrocaledonicus (Hook.) Morat
 - Acropogon bosseri Morat & Chalopin
 - Acropogon bullatus (Pancher & Sebert) Morat
 - Acropogon calcicola Morat & Chalopin
 - Acropogon chalopiniae Morat
 - Acropogon domatifer Morat
 - Acropogon dzumacensis (Guillaumin) Morat
 - Acropogon fatsioides Schltr.
 - Acropogon francii (Guillaumin) Morat
 - Acropogon grandiflorus Morat & Chalopin
 - Acropogon horarius Gâteblé & Munzinger
 - Acropogon jaffrei Morat & Chalopin
 - Acropogon macrocarpus Morat & Chalopin
 - Acropogon margaretae Morat & Chalopin
 - Acropogon megaphyllus (Bureau & Poiss. ex Guillaumin) Morat
 - Acropogon merytifolius Morat & Chalopin
 - Acropogon moratianus Callm., Munzinger & Lowry[4]
 - Acropogon paagoumenensis Morat & Chalopin
 - Acropogon pilosus Morat & Chalopin
 - Acropogon sageniifolia Schltr.
 - Acropogon schefflerifolius (Guillaumin) Morat
 - Acropogon schistophilus Morat & Chalopin
 - Acropogon schumanniana Schltr.
 - Acropogon tireliae Morat & Chalopin
 - Acropogon veillonii Morat
 
References
    
- "IPNI Plant Name Query Results for Acropogon". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
 - Wilkie, P., A. Clark, R. T. Pennington, M. Cheek, C. Bayer, and C. C. Wilcock. (2006) Phylogenetic Relationships within the Subfamily Sterculioideae (Malvaceae/Sterculiaceae-Sterculieae) Using the Chloroplast Gene ndhF." Systematic Botany 31(1): 160–70.
 - "Search results for Acropogon". The Plant List. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
 - Callmander, Martin W.; Munzinger, Jérôme; Buerki, Sven; Lowry, Porter P. (2015). "Novitates Neocaledonicae. II.Acropogon moratianus Callm., Munzinger & Lowry, sp. Nov. (Malvaceae, Sterculieae): A rare and threatened new species from New Caledonia". Adansonia. 37: 131–137. doi:10.5252/a2015n1a8.
 
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