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

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. They occur in Australia,

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. They have hairy leaves and twigs,

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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

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Sarcopteryx acuminata ''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 ...

'' – Qld, Australia * ''

Sarcopteryx brachyphylla ''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 caudata ''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 coriacea ''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 ...

'' – Vogelkop Peninsula, New Guinea * ''

Sarcopteryx crispata ''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 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 ''Sarcopteryx montana'' is a species of rainforest tree in north-eastern Queensland, Australia. The Latin specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") ...

'' – Qld, Australia * ''

Sarcopteryx reticulata ''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 ...

'' – 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 ''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 squamosa ''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 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