Notoleptopus

Notoleptopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Tribe:	Poranthereae
Genus:	Notoleptopus Vorontsova & Petra Hoffmann
Type species
Notoleptopus decaisnei ( Bentham) Vorontsova & Petra Hoffmann
Species
Notoleptopus decaisnei

Notoleptopus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is one of eight genera in the tribe Poranthereae. It has only one species, Notoleptopus decaisnei. It is a monoecious shrub, native to Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia.

Notoleptopus decaisnei had long been treated as a species of Leptopus, but in 2007, a molecular phylogenetic study of DNA sequences found it to be sister to a clade consisting of Pseudophyllanthus and Poranthera. ^[1] In 2008, the new genus Notoleptopus was created for it. ^[2]

References

1. ^ Maria S. Vorontsova, Petra Hoffmann, Olivier Maurin, and Mark W. Chase. 2007. "Phylogenetics of tribe Poranthereae (Phyllanthaceae)." American Journal of Botany 94(12):2026-2040.
2. ^ Maria S. Vorontsova and Petra Hoffmann. 2008. "A phylogenetic classification of tribe Poranthereae (Phyllanthaceae)." Kew Bulletin 63(1):41-59.