Aporosa
Encyclopedia
Aporosa is a genus
of flowering plant
belonging to the family
Phyllanthaceae
. The genus comprises about 75 species, distributed from Indomalaya to the Solomon Islands
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
belonging to the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Phyllanthaceae
Phyllanthaceae
Phyllanthaceae is a family of flowering plants in the eudicot order Malpighiales. It is most closely related to the family Picrodendraceae. The Phyllanthaceae are most numerous in the tropics, with many in the south temperate zone, and a few ranging as far north as the middle of the north temperate...
. The genus comprises about 75 species, distributed from Indomalaya to the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
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Synonymy
The genus is also known as:- Aporusa BlumeCarl Ludwig BlumeCharles Ludwig de Blume or Karl Ludwig von Blume was a German-Dutch botanist.He was born at Braunschweig in Germany, but studied at Leiden University and spent his professional life working in the Dutch East Indies and in the Netherlands, where he was Director of the Rijksherbarium at Leiden...
, orth. var. - Leiocarpus BlumeCarl Ludwig BlumeCharles Ludwig de Blume or Karl Ludwig von Blume was a German-Dutch botanist.He was born at Braunschweig in Germany, but studied at Leiden University and spent his professional life working in the Dutch East Indies and in the Netherlands, where he was Director of the Rijksherbarium at Leiden...
- Lepidostachys Wall.
- Scepa Lindl.John LindleyJohn Lindley FRS was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist.-Early years:Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley was a nurseryman and pomologist and ran a commercial nursery garden...
- Tetractinostigma Hassk.
Species include
- Aporosa bourdilloniiAporusa bourdilloniiAporusa bourdillonii is a species of plant in the Phyllanthaceae family. It is endemic to India.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....
- Aporosa cardiospermaAporusa cardiospermaAporusa cardiosperma is a species of plant in the Phyllanthaceae family. It is endemic to Sotuh-West Sri Lanka.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....
- Aporosa chinensis
- Aporosa elliptifoliaAporusa elliptifoliaAporusa elliptifolia is a species of plant in the Phyllanthaceae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....
- Aporosa fusiformisAporusa fusiformisAporusa fusiformis is a species of plant in the Phyllanthaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....
- Aporosa isabellinaAporusa isabellinaAporusa isabellina is a species of plant in the Phyllanthaceae family. It is endemic to Malaysia.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....
- Aporosa lanceolataAporusa lanceolataAporusa lanceolata is a species of plant in the Phyllanthaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....
- Aporosa villosa