# Acropogon

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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| image = Acropogon jaffrei (fleur).jpg
| image_caption = flowers of ''[A. jaffrei](/source/Acropogon_jaffrei)''
|taxon = Acropogon
|authority = [Schltr.](/source/Rudolf_Schlechter)<ref name="IPNI_Acropogon">{{cite web |title=IPNI Plant Name Query Results for ''Acropogon'' |work=[The International Plant Names Index](/source/International_Plant_Names_Index) |url=http://www.ipni.org/ipni/simplePlantNameSearch.do?find_wholeName=Acropogon |accessdate=2015-10-14 }}
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'''''Acropogon''''' is a genus of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s in the family [Malvaceae](/source/Malvaceae). The genus is endemic to [New Caledonia](/source/New_Caledonia). It contains around 25 species. Its closest relatives are Australian genera: ''[Argyrodendron](/source/Argyrodendron)'', ''[Brachychiton](/source/Brachychiton)'' and ''[Franciscodendron](/source/Franciscodendron)''.<ref>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.</ref>

==List of species==
{{As of|2025|November}}, [Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) accepted 24 species:<ref name= powo>{{cite web |title=''Acropogon'' Schltr. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:38602-1 |website=[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |access-date=2 November 2025}}</ref>
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*''[Acropogon aoupiniensis](/source/Acropogon_aoupiniensis)'' <small>Morat</small>
*''[Acropogon austrocaledonicus](/source/Acropogon_austrocaledonicus)'' <small>(Hook.f.) Morat</small>
*''[Acropogon bosseri](/source/Acropogon_bosseri)'' <small>Morat & Chalopin</small>
*''[Acropogon bullatus](/source/Acropogon_bullatus)'' <small>(Pancher & Sebert) Morat</small>
*''[Acropogon calcicola](/source/Acropogon_calcicola)'' <small>Morat & Chalopin</small>
*''[Acropogon chalopiniae](/source/Acropogon_chalopiniae)'' <small>Morat</small>
*''[Acropogon domatifer](/source/Acropogon_domatifer)'' <small>Morat</small>
*''[Acropogon dzumacensis](/source/Acropogon_dzumacensis)'' <small>(Guillaumin) Morat</small>
*''[Acropogon fatsioides](/source/Acropogon_fatsioides)'' <small>Schltr.</small>
*''[Acropogon francii](/source/Acropogon_francii)'' <small>(Guillaumin) Morat</small>
*''[Acropogon grandiflorus](/source/Acropogon_grandiflorus)'' <small>Morat & Chalopin</small>
*''[Acropogon horarius](/source/Acropogon_horarius)'' <small>Gâteblé & Munzinger</small>
*''[Acropogon jaffrei](/source/Acropogon_jaffrei)'' <small>Morat & Chalopin</small>
*''[Acropogon macrocarpus](/source/Acropogon_macrocarpus)'' <small>Morat & Chalopin</small>
*''[Acropogon margaretae](/source/Acropogon_margaretae)'' <small>Morat & Chalopin</small>
*''[Acropogon megaphyllus](/source/Acropogon_megaphyllus)'' <small>(Bureau & Poiss. ex Guillaumin) Morat</small>
*''[Acropogon merytifolius](/source/Acropogon_merytifolius)'' <small>Morat & Chalopin</small>
*''[Acropogon mesophilus](/source/Acropogon_mesophilus)'' {{small|Munzinger & Gâteblé}}
*''[Acropogon moratianus](/source/Acropogon_moratianus)'' <small>Callm., Munzinger & Lowry</small><ref>{{Cite journal |doi = 10.5252/a2015n1a8|title = Novitates Neocaledonicae. II.Acropogon moratianus ''Callm''., Munzinger & Lowry, sp. Nov. (Malvaceae, Sterculieae): A rare and threatened new species from New Caledonia|journal = Adansonia|volume = 37|pages = 131–137|year = 2015|last1 = Callmander|first1 = Martin W.|last2 = Munzinger|first2 = Jérôme|last3 = Buerki|first3 = Sven|last4 = Lowry|first4 = Porter P.| issue=1 | bibcode=2015Adan...37..131C |doi-access = free}}</ref>
*''[Acropogon paagoumenensis](/source/Acropogon_paagoumenensis)'' <small>Morat & Chalopin</small>
*''[Acropogon pilosus](/source/Acropogon_pilosus)'' <small>Morat & Chalopin</small>
*''[Acropogon sageniifolia](/source/Acropogon_sageniifolia)'' <small>Schltr.</small>
*''[Acropogon schefflerifolius](/source/Acropogon_schefflerifolius)'' <small>(Guillaumin) Morat</small>
*''[Acropogon schistophilus](/source/Acropogon_schistophilus)'' <small>Morat & Chalopin</small>
*''[Acropogon schumanniana](/source/Acropogon_schumanniana)'' <small>Schltr.</small>
*''[Acropogon tireliae](/source/Acropogon_tireliae)'' <small>Morat & Chalopin</small>
*''[Acropogon veillonii](/source/Acropogon_veillonii)'' <small>Morat</small>
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==References==
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Category:Endemic flora of New Caledonia
Category:Malvaceae genera
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