Acropogon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia. It contains around 25 species. Its closest relatives are Australian genera: Argyrodendron, Brachychiton and Franciscodendron.[2]

Acropogon
flowers of A. jaffrei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Sterculioideae
Genus: Acropogon
Schltr.[1]
Type species
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List of species

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As of October 2015, The Plant List accepted 24 species:[3]

References

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  1. ^ "IPNI Plant Name Query Results for Acropogon". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  2. ^ Wilkie, P., A. Clark, R. T. Pennington, M. Cheek, C. Bayer, and C. C. Wilcock. (2006) Phylogenetic Relationships within the Subfamily Sterculioideae (Malvaceae/Sterculiaceae-Sterculieae) Using the Chloroplast Gene ndhF." Systematic Botany 31(1): 160–70.
  3. ^ "Search results for Acropogon". The Plant List. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  4. ^ Callmander, Martin W.; Munzinger, Jérôme; Buerki, Sven; Lowry, Porter P. (2015). "Novitates Neocaledonicae. II.Acropogon moratianus Callm., Munzinger & Lowry, sp. Nov. (Malvaceae, Sterculieae): A rare and threatened new species from New Caledonia". Adansonia. 37: 131–137. doi:10.5252/a2015n1a8.