
Cupaniopsis
Sign in to saveAlso known as carrotwood, tuckeroo, beach-tamarind
thumb|Cupaniopsis anacardioides Fruits and foliage thumb|Cupaniopsis baileyana leaves and flowers thumb|Cupaniopsis flagelliformis var. australis seedling thumb|Cupaniopsis newmanii foliage of young specimen thumb|Cupaniopsis wadsworthii flowers Cupaniopsis is a genus of about 45 species of flowering plants in the family, Sapindaceae and are native to Fiji, Indonesia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands Vanuatu, Samoa, Torres Strait Islands, Micronesia and Australia. Plants in the genus Cupaniopsis are trees with paripinnate with small, regular flowers with 5 sepals and petals with
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSapindales
- FamilySapindaceae
Cupaniopsis es un género de 66 especies de arbustos y árboles perteneciente a la familia Sapindaceae. Son nativos de Nueva Guinea, Nueva Caledonia, Australia y Fiyi. En Australia, son conocidos comúnmente como tuckeroos. Una especie Australiana, C. anacardioides, es una planta invasora en algunas zonas de EE. UU., principalmente en Florida y Hawái.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 207
- With media
- 226
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Collections
- NY, A, GH, CAS, IND, BRIT
- Recorded in
- Vanuatu, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, New Caledonia, Nouvelle-CaléDonie, Australia
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Species list
- Conservation status
- Invasive species
- References
thumb|Cupaniopsis anacardioides Fruits and foliage thumb|Cupaniopsis baileyana leaves and flowers thumb|Cupaniopsis flagelliformis var. australis seedling thumb|Cupaniopsis newmanii foliage of young specimen thumb|Cupaniopsis wadsworthii flowers Cupaniopsis is a genus of about 45 species of flowering plants in the family, Sapindaceae and are native to Fiji, Indonesia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands Vanuatu, Samoa, Torres Strait Islands, Micronesia and Australia. Plants in the genus Cupaniopsis are trees with paripinnate with small, regular flowers with 5 sepals and petals with 6 to 10 stamens and the fruit a capsule.
==Description== Plants in the genus Cupaniopsis are trees, either monoecious or diecious with paripinnate leaves arranged in opposite pairs or alternately along the branches, the flowers arranged in leaf axils in raceme-like or panicle-like groups. The flowers are small, have 5 sepals and 5 petals with 6 to 10 stamens, the ovary usually with 3 locules. The fruit is an oval to more or less spherical, slightly fleshy capsule. The seed is elliptical with a thin, cup-shaped aril that usually nearly encloses the seed.
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