Nothopegia

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Nothopegia
Nothopegia beddomei fruits
Scientific classification File:OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Subfamily: Anacardioideae
Genus: Nothopegia
Blume (1850)
Synonyms[1]

Glycicarpus Dalzell (1849)

Nothopegia is a genus of plants in the family Anacardiaceae, native to India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.[1] Out of 11 species only 8 are reported to occur in India.[2] This genus is characterised by small deciduous trees with simple leaves, racemose inflorescence, unisexual tetramerous flowers and drupaceaous fruits [3] Except Nothopegia heyneana (Hook. f.) Gamble, all other species are restricted to the Western Ghats and SW India.[3] Species include:[1]

References

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Nothopegia Blume". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. Chandra D, Mukerjee SK (2000). Flora of India (PDF). Vol. 5. Kolkata: Botanical Survey of India. pp. 470–478.
  3. Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Prabhat Kumar Das; Tirthabrata Sahoo; Samarendra Narayan Mallick; Pratap Chandra Panda (2021). "First record of occurrence of the tree species Nothopegia racemosa (Dalz.) Ramamurthy (Anacardiaceae) from Eastern Ghats of India". International Journal of Botany Studies. 6 (6): 944–946. ISSN 2455-541X – via ResearchGate.