''Sarcomelicope'' is a genus of about ten species of flowering plants in the family

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that are

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the South Pacific.

Description

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

panicle A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a panicle are of ...

s in leaf axils, separate male and female flowers with four

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s and four petals that are free from each other and overlapping at the base. Male flowers have eight

stamen The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...

s that are free from each other and female flowers have four

carpel Gynoecium (; ) is most commonly used as a collective term for the parts of a flower that produce ovules and ultimately develop into the fruit and seeds. The gynoecium is the innermost whorl of a flower; it consists of (one or more) ''pistils'' ...

s that are fused, at least at the base with two

ovules In seed plants, the ovule is the structure that gives rise to and contains the female reproductive cells. It consists of three parts: the ''integument'', forming its outer layer, the ''nucellus'' (or remnant of the megasporangium), and the fe ...

in each carpel. The fruit is a

drupe In botany, a drupe (or stone fruit) is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a single shell (the ''pit'', ''stone'', or '' pyrena'') of hardened endocarp with a seed (''kernel'') ...

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 Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (25 March 1844 – 10 October 1930) was a German botanist. He is notable for his work on alpha taxonomy, plant taxonomy and phytogeography, such as ''Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien'' (''The Natural Plant Families'' ...

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'' and the type species is ''

Sarcomelicope sarcococca ''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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Species list

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

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: * '' Sarcomelicope argyrophylla''

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(New Caledonia) * ''

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

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(New Caledonia) * '' Sarcomelicope follicularis'' Hartley (New Caledonia) * '' Sarcomelicope glauca'' Hartley (New Caledonia) * ''

Sarcomelicope leiocarpa ''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 ...

'' ( P.S.Green) Hartley (New Caledonia) * ''

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 ...

'' Hartley (New Caledonia) * ''

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 ...

'' Hartley (New Caledonia) * ''

Sarcomelicope petiolaris ''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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(New Caledonia) * '' Sarcomelicope simplicifolia'' (

Endl. Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher also known as Endlicher István László (24 June 1804, Pressburg, Bratislava (Pozsony) – 28 March 1849, Vienna) was an Austrian Empire, Austrian botanist, numismatist and Sinologist. He was a director of the Botan ...

) 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