''Poupartiopsis'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Anacardiaceae. The only species is ''Poupartiopsis spondiocarpus''.

Description

It is a modest-sized forest tree.

Range and habitat

''Poupartiopsis spondiocarpus'' is native to Madagascar. It is found in sandy coastal forests along Madagascar's east coast.

Name

The genus name of ''Poupartiopsis'' is in honour of

François Poupart François Poupart (1661–1709) French physician, anatomist and entomologist. He described Poupart's ligament, which had been discovered by Gabriele Falloppio. In 1789, botanists published '' Poupartia'' a genus of plants from Islands in the Ind ...

(d. 1708), a French physician, anatomist and

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

. The Latin

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

of ''spondiocarpus'' refers to the similarity of the internal structure of its fruit to that of the genus '' Spondias'' Both the genus and the species were first described and published in

Syst. Bot. Plant taxonomy is the science that finds, identifies, describes, classifies, and names plants. It is one of the main branches of taxonomy (the science that finds, describes, classifies, and names living things). Plant taxonomy is closely allied ...

Vol.31 on page 338 in 2006.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q21078604, from2=Q18121647 Anacardiaceae Anacardiaceae genera Monotypic Sapindales genera Plants described in 2006 Endemic flora of Madagascar Flora of the Madagascar lowland forests