Sarcocaulon

Sarcocaulon spinosum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geraniales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Geraniales

Familia: Geraniaceae
Genus: Sarcocaulon
Species: S. camdeboense – S. ciliatum – S. flavescens – S. herrei – S. inerme – S. marlothii – S. mossamedense – S. multifidum – S. patersonii – S. peniculinum – S. salmoniflorum – S. spinosum – S. vanderietiae

Name

Sarcocaulon Sweet, Hort. Brit. 73. (1827)

• Type species: Sarcocaulon spinosum (Burm.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 33 (1898) originally designated as Sarcocaulon burmanni (DC.) Sweet, Hort. Brit.: 73 (1826), nom. superfl..

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Monsonia sect. Sarcocaulon DC., Prodr. 1: 638. (1824)
    

Note: The circumscription of this genus is a taxonomic opinion that accepts it is segregated from Monsonia.

References

• Sweet, R. 1827. Hortus Britannicus 73.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Sarcocaulon in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan. 30. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2014. Sarcocaulon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Jan. 2014.
• International Plant Names Index. 2014. Sarcocaulon. Published online. Accessed: 30 Jan. 2014.