Exocarpos
| Exocarpos | |
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| Cherry ballart (Exocarpos cupressiformis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Santalaceae |
| Genus: | Exocarpos Pers. |
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Exocarpos is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae. They are found throughout Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands.[citation needed]
They are semi-parasitic, requiring the roots of a host tree, a trait they share with many other members of the Santalaceae.[citation needed]
In Australia, they are known as ballarts, and several species are known as cherries.[citation needed]
The genus Exocarpos - first described by Jacques Labillardière when in Australia in 1791-94. Again convention dictates that the taxon is often expressed as Exocarpos Labill. 1798.[citation needed]
Labillardière reveals that on 7th of May 1792 he described the fruit and seed arrangement (with the seed outside the fruit) thus providing the name exo+carpos = Excocarpos. Here is what he actually said: “I discovered an evergreen tree, which has its nut situated, like that of acajou, upon a fleshy receptacle much larger than itself. I therefore named the new genus exocarpos.”[citation needed]
Note that Labillardière chose exocarpos, not pus.[citation needed]
The relevant journals, translated into English in 1800, can be found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL): Relation du Voyage à la Recherche de la Pérouse 1: 155. 1800. (Voy. Rech. Pérouse), P. 198. 07 May 1792.[1]
Within Australia, an identification key is available for New South Wales species,[2] and for Victorian species.[3]
Exocarpos species
[edit]- Exocarpos aphyllus R.Br. - Leafless ballart,[4] jointed cherry
- Exocarpos bidwillii Hook.f. New Zealand[5]
- Exocarpos cupressiformis Labill. - Cherry ballart, cypress cherry
- Exocarpos dasystachys Schltdl.
- Exocarpos floribunda Domin
- Exocarpos gaudichaudii A.DC. - Hulumoa (Hawaiʻi)[6]
- Exocarpos glandulacea Miq.
- Exocarpos homalocladus C.Moore & F.Muell. - Grass tree
- Exocarpos humifusus R.Br.
- Exocarpos latifolius R.Br. - Broad-leaved cherry
- Exocarpos leptomerioides Miq.
- Exocarpos longifolius (L.) Endl.
- Exocarpos luteolus Forbes - Heau (Island of Kauaʻi in Hawaiʻi)[7]
- Exocarpos menziesii Stauffer - Heau (Hawaiʻi)[8]
- Exocarpos nanus Hook.f. - Alpine ballart
- Exocarpos odoratus (Miq.) A.DC. - Scented ballart
- Exocarpos pendula F.Muell.
- Exocarpos sparteus R.Br. - Broom ballart, slender cherry
- Exocarpos strictus R.Br. - Pale-fruit ballart, dwarf cherry
- Exocarpos syrticola (F.Muell. ex Miq.) Stauffer - Coast ballart
References
[edit]- ^ Labillardière, Jacques Julien Houton de; Labillardière, Jacques Julien Houton de (1800). Voyage in search of La Pérouse : performed by order of the Constituent Assembly, during the years 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794 [Relation du Voyage à la Recherche de la Pérouse]. Vol. 1. London: John Stockdale.
- ^ "Genus Exocarpos". PlantNET. National Herbarium of NSW. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ ""Key to Exocarpos", Flora of Victoria". vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
- ^ "Exocarpos aphyllus". PlantNET. National Herbarium of NSW. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "Exocarpos bidwillii". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ^ "Exocarpos gaudichaudii A.DC. - hulumoa EXGA in the state of Hawaii". The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ^ "Exocarpos menziesii Stauffer - Menzies' ballart EXME in the state of Hawaii". The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ^ "Exocarpos luteolus Forbes - leafy ballart EXLU in the state of Hawaii". The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
External links
[edit]- What's Its Name? Archived 2017-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
- FloraBase - The West Australian Flora: Exocarpos Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- PlantNet - New South Wales Flora Online: Exocarpos
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