# Operculicarya

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Genus of plants

Operculicarya Operculicarya decaryi Operculicarya pachypus Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Rosids Order: Sapindales Family: Anacardiaceae Subfamily: Spondiadoideae Genus: Operculicarya H.Perrier Species Operculicarya borealis Operculicarya decaryi Operculicarya gummifera Operculicarya hirsutissima Operculicarya hyphaenoides Operculicarya pachypus

***Operculicarya*** (also ***Operculicaria***) is a plant [genus](/source/Genus) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Anacardiaceae](/source/Anacardiaceae), native to [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar), the [Comoro Islands](/source/Comoro_Islands), and [Aldabra](/source/Aldabra).[1] They are small [dioecious](/source/Dioecy) [pachycaul](/source/Pachycaul) trees which mainly grow in dry, rocky areas.

## Taxonomy

### Species

As of July 2020[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operculicarya&action=edit), *Plants of the World online* has 8 accepted species:[1]

- *[Operculicarya borealis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operculicarya_borealis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Eggli

- *[Operculicarya calcicola](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operculicarya_calcicola&action=edit&redlink=1)* Randrian. & Lowry

- *[Operculicarya capuronii](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operculicarya_capuronii&action=edit&redlink=1)* Randrian. & Lowry

- *[Operculicarya decaryi](/source/Operculicarya_decaryi)* H.Perrier

- *[Operculicarya hirsutissima](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operculicarya_hirsutissima&action=edit&redlink=1)* Eggli

- *[Operculicarya hyphaenoides](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operculicarya_hyphaenoides&action=edit&redlink=1)* H.Perrier

- *[Operculicarya multijuga](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operculicarya_multijuga&action=edit&redlink=1)* Randrian. & Lowry

- *[Operculicarya pachypus](/source/Operculicarya_pachypus)* Eggli

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## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-powo_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-powo_1-1) [*Kew Science Plants of the World Online*](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1871-1), retrieved 13 July 2020

Taxon identifiers Operculicarya Wikidata: Q2708693 Wikispecies: Operculicarya APDB: 201390 BOLD: 601731 CoL: 68NK EPPO: 1OPKG GBIF: 7321517 GRIN: 8481 iNaturalist: 431385 IPNI: 1871-1 IRMNG: 1034102 NCBI: 289730 Open Tree of Life: 1083326 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1871-1 Tropicos: 40032256 WFO: wfo-4000026917

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