Lophopterys A. Juss.

de Almeida, Rafael F., de Morais, Isa L., Alves-Silva, Thais, Antonio-Domingues, Higor & Pellegrini, Marco O. O., 2024, A new classification system and taxonomic synopsis for Malpighiaceae (Malpighiales, Rosids) based on molecular phylogenetics, morphology, palynology, and chemistry, PhytoKeys 242, pp. 69-138 : 69-138

2.6. 4. Lophopterys A. Juss. in Deless., Icon. Sel. Pl. 3: 18. 1838 [1837].

Fig. 11 G

= Dolichopterys Kosterm. , Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 32: 279. 1935. Type species: Dolichopterys surinamensis Kosterm. [≡ Lophopterys surinamensis (Kosterm.) Sandwith ].

Type species.

Lophopterys splendens A. Juss.

Notes.

Lophopterys currently comprises seven accepted species (two threatened species; Suppl. material 1) of lianas endemic to the non-flooded forests of the Amazon and Atlantic rainforests of Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, French Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela, South America ( POWO 2024). For an identification key for all species of Lophopterys , see Anderson and Davis (2001).

Figures

Figure 11. Types of winged schizocarpic fruits in Malpighiaceae A single dorsal winged mericarp of Diplopterys pubipetala showing lateral wings B detail of part of the winged mericarp of Banisteriopsis argyrophylla C, D 1 dorsal winged mericarp (s) of Heteropterys byrsonimifolia E winged mericarp of Peixotoa catharinensis showing lateral winglets F winged mericarp of Amorimia candidae with two lateral wings more developed than the reduced dorsal wing G winged mericarp of Lophopterys floribunda H winged mericarp of Carolus chasei with two lateral wings more developed (dorsal wing absent) I winged mericarp of Mascagnia sepium with 1 lateral orbicular wing J winged mericarp of Tetrapterys phlomoides with 4 free, lateral wings (superior ones longer, inferior ones shorter) K winged mericarp of Glicophyllum cardiophyllum with 4 free, lateral wings (superior ones shorter, inferior ones longer) L winged mericarp of Niedenzuella acutifolia with 4 free, equalling lateral wings M winged mericarp of Hiptage benghalensis with three free, lateral wings more developed (photographs A by A. Popovkin; B, E, I, J by M. O. O. Pellegrini; C, D, F, H, K, L by R. F. Almeida; G by G. Shimizu; M by G. Cahyadi).