''Sarcomelicope'' is a genus of about ten species of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae that are endemic to the South Pacific.

Description

Plants in the genus ''Sarcomelicope'' are shrubs to medium-sized trees with simple leaves and flowers arranged in

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s in leaf axils, separate male and female flowers with four sepals and four petals that are free from each other and overlapping at the base. Male flowers have eight

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s that are free from each other and female flowers have four carpels that are fused, at least at the base with two

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in each carpel. The fruit is a

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of four carpels, partly or completely fused, and the seeds are dark brown to black.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Sarcomelicope'' was first formally described in 1896 by Adolf Engler in '' Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien'' and the

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Species list

The following is a list of ''Sarcomelicope'' species accepted at

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Sarcomelicope argyrophylla ''Sarcomelicope'' is a genus of about ten species of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae that are endemic to the South Pacific. Description Plants in the genus ''Sarcomelicope'' are shrubs to medium-sized trees with simple leaves and flowe ...

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Sarcomelicope follicularis ''Sarcomelicope'' is a genus of about ten species of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae that are endemic to the South Pacific. Description Plants in the genus ''Sarcomelicope'' are shrubs to medium-sized trees with simple leaves and flowe ...

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Sarcomelicope megistophylla ''Sarcomelicope'' is a genus of about ten species of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae that are endemic to the South Pacific. Description Plants in the genus ''Sarcomelicope'' are shrubs to medium-sized trees with simple leaves and flowe ...

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Sarcomelicope pembaiensis ''Sarcomelicope'' is a genus of about ten species of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae that are endemic to the South Pacific. Description Plants in the genus ''Sarcomelicope'' are shrubs to medium-sized trees with simple leaves and flowe ...

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Sarcomelicope simplicifolia ''Sarcomelicope simplicifolia'', commonly known as bauerella, hard aspen or yellow-wood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia including Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. It is a shrub or small ...

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) T.G.Hartley (New South Wales, Queensland, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island) ** ''Sarcomelicope simplicifolia'' (

) T.G.Hartley subsp. ''simplicifolia'' (New South Wales, Queensland, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island) ** ''Sarcomelicope simplicifolia'' subsp. ''neoscotica'' (P.S.Green) T.G.Hartley (New Caledonia)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1312750 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Zanthoxyloideae genera Taxa named by Adolf Engler