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

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that are

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to the South Pacific.

Description

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

panicle In botany, 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 p ...

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 (: stamina or stamens) is a part consisting of the male reproductive organs of a flower. Collectively, the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filament ...

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

carpel Gynoecium (; ; : gynoecia) 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 ...

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

in '' Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien'' and the

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species is '' Sarcomelicope sarcococca''.

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'' ( P.S.Green) Hartley (New Caledonia) * '' Sarcomelicope megistophylla'' Hartley (New Caledonia) * '' Sarcomelicope pembaiensis'' Hartley (New Caledonia) * '' Sarcomelicope petiolaris'' ( A.Gray) A.C.Sm. (Fiji) * '' Sarcomelicope sarcococca'' ( Baill.)

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