''Sarcopteryx'' is a genus of about 12 rainforest tree species known to science, of the plant family

Sapindaceae The Sapindaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales known as the soapberry family. It contains 138 genera and 1858 accepted species. Examples include horse chestnut, maples, ackee and lychee. The Sapindaceae occur in tempera ...

. They occur in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

, New Guinea and the Moluccas. They have hairy leaves and twigs, polygamous flowers and bird attracting brightly coloured, capsule fruits. The generic name ''Sarcopteryx'' translates to "fleshy wing", as the fruit can be angled, thick or wing shaped. The Greek ''sarco'' means fleshy, and ''pteron'' is "a wing".

Species

* '' Sarcopteryx acuminata'' – Qld, Australia * '' Sarcopteryx brachyphylla'' – New Guinea * '' Sarcopteryx caudata'' – New Guinea * '' Sarcopteryx coriacea'' – Vogelkop Peninsula, New Guinea * '' Sarcopteryx crispata'' – New Guinea * ''

Sarcopteryx martyana ''Sarcopteryx'' is a genus of about 12 rainforest tree species known to science, of the plant family Sapindaceae. They occur in Australia, New Guinea and the Moluccas. They have hairy leaves and twigs, polygamous Crimes Polygamy (from Lat ...

'' – Qld, Australia * '' Sarcopteryx montana'' – Qld, Australia * '' Sarcopteryx reticulata'' – Qld, Australia * ''

Sarcopteryx rigida ''Sarcopteryx'' is a genus of about 12 rainforest tree species known to science, of the plant family Sapindaceae. They occur in Australia, New Guinea and the Moluccas. They have hairy leaves and twigs, polygamous flowers and bird attracting b ...

'' – New Guinea * '' Sarcopteryx rubiginosa'' – New Guinea * '' Sarcopteryx squamosa'' – New Guinea * ''

Sarcopteryx stipata ''Sarcopteryx stipata'', known as the steelwood, is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia occurring from the Bulga Plateau and Boorganna Nature Reserve, Comboyne Plateau north west of Taree, New South Wales as far north as Fraser Island off the ...

'' , steelwood, corduroy – Qld, NSW, Australia

References

External links

* Flora of Malesia Flora of New Guinea Flora of Papua New Guinea Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Sapindales of Australia Sapindaceae Sapindaceae genera {{sapindales-stub