{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Semecarpus anacardium.jpg |image_caption = ''Semecarpus anacardium'' |taxon = Semecarpus |authority = L.f. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text. |synonyms = *''Melanocommia'' {{small|Ridl. (1933)}} *''Nothopegiopsis'' {{small|Lauterb. (1920)}} *''Oncocarpus'' {{small|A.Gray (1853)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO_1913-1/> }}
'''''Semecarpus''''' is a genus of plants in the family Anacardiaceae. It includes 87 species native to the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Malesia, Taiwan, Papuasia, Queensland, and the South Pacific.<ref name=POWO_1913-1/>
==Taxonomy== The genus ''Semecarpus'' was erected by Carl Linnaeus the Younger in 1782 in ''Supplementum Plantarum''.<ref name=IPNI_1913-1>{{cite web |title=''Semecarpus'' L.f. |work=The International Plant Names Index |url=https://www.ipni.org/n/1913-1 |access-date=2022-06-22 }}</ref> In the same work, he described ''Semecarpus anacardium''.<ref name=IPNI_71196-1>{{cite web |title=''Semecarpus anacardium'' L.f. |work=The International Plant Names Index |url=https://www.ipni.org/n/71196-1 |access-date=2022-06-22 }}</ref> The gender of the genus name has been the subject of some confusion. Early authors treated it as feminine. As one example, in 1850, Carl Ludwig Blume described a number of species of ''Semecarpus'', such as ''Semecarpus heterophylla'' and ''Semecarpus longifolia'', using feminine endings for the specific epithet.<ref name=Blum50>{{Cite book |last1=Blume |first1=C.L. |date=1850 |title=Museum botanicum Lugduno-Batavum, sive, Stirpium exoticarum novarum vel minus cognitarum ex vivis aut siccis brevis expositio et descriptio |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50106874 |access-date=2022-06-22 |volume=1 |issue=12 |pages=186ff |language=la}}</ref> However, Example 3 of Article 62 of the ''International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants'' states that all compounds ending in the Greek masculine ''‑carpos'' or ''‑carpus'' are masculine.<ref name=ShenzhenCode>{{Cite book |year=2018 |editor-last=Turland |editor-first=N.J. |display-editors=etal |contribution=Art. 62 |title=International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code) adopted by the Nineteenth International Botanical Congress Shenzhen, China, July 2017 |edition=electronic |location=Glashütten |publisher=International Association for Plant Taxonomy |contribution-url=https://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/pages/main/art_62.html |access-date=2022-06-22 }}</ref> {{As of|2022|June}}, the International Plant Names Index and Plants of the World Online used masculine endings, such as ''Semecarpus heterophyllus'' and ''Semecarpus longifolius'',<ref name=POWO_1913-1/> while the Global Biodiversity Information Facility had mixed endings, such as ''Semecarpus heterophylla'' and ''Semecarpus longifolius''.<ref>{{GBIF|id=3190575|taxon=''Semecarpus''|access-date=2022-06-24|mode=cs1}}</ref>
===Species=== {{As of|2022|June}}, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:<ref name=POWO_1913-1>{{cite web |title=''Semecarpus'' L.f. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1913-1 |access-date=2022-06-19 }}</ref> {{Div col}} * ''Semecarpus acuminatus'' {{small|Thwaites}} (orth. var. ''Semecarpus acuminata'') * ''Semecarpus albicans'' {{small|Lauterb.}} * ''Semecarpus anacardiopsis'' {{small|Evrard & Tardieu}} * ''Semecarpus anacardium'' {{small|L.f.}} * ''Semecarpus angulatus'' {{small|Kochummen}} * ''Semecarpus angustifolius'' {{small|Kochummen}} * ''Semecarpus annamensis'' {{small|Tardieu}} * ''Semecarpus aruensis'' {{small|Engl.}} * ''Semecarpus ater'' {{small|(G.Forst.) Vieill.}} * ''Semecarpus auriculatus'' {{small|Bedd.}} (orth. var. ''Semecarpus auriculata'') * ''Semecarpus australiensis'' {{small|Engl.}} * ''Semecarpus balansae'' {{small|Engl.}} * ''Semecarpus borneensis'' {{small|Merr.}} * ''Semecarpus brachystachys'' {{small|Merr. & L.M.Perry}} * ''Semecarpus bracteatus'' {{small|Lauterb.}} * ''Semecarpus bunburyanus'' {{small|Gibbs}} * ''Semecarpus calcicola'' {{small|Kochummen}} * ''Semecarpus cassuvium'' {{small|Roxb.}} * ''Semecarpus caudatus'' {{small|Pierre}} * ''Semecarpus cochinchinensis'' {{small|Engl.}} * ''Semecarpus coriaceus'' {{small|Thwaites}} (orth. var. ''Semecarpus coriacea'') * ''Semecarpus cuneiformis'' {{small|Blanco}} * ''Semecarpus cupularis'' {{small|Kochummen}} * ''Semecarpus curtisii'' {{small|King}} * ''Semecarpus decipiens'' {{small|Merr. & L.M.Perry}} * ''Semecarpus densiflorus'' {{small|(Merr.) Steenis}} * ''Semecarpus euodiifolius'' {{small|Kochummen}} * ''Semecarpus forstenii'' {{small|Blume}} * ''Semecarpus gardneri'' {{small|Thwaites}} * ''Semecarpus glauciphyllus'' {{small|Elmer}} * ''Semecarpus graciliflorus'' {{small|Evrard & Tardieu}} * ''Semecarpus heterophyllus'' {{small|Blume}} * ''Semecarpus humilis'' {{small|Evrard & Tardieu}} * ''Semecarpus impressicostatus'' {{small|Kochummen}} * ''Semecarpus insularum'' {{small|Seem.}} * ''Semecarpus kathalekanensis'' {{small|Dasappa & Swam.}} * ''Semecarpus kinabaluensis'' {{small|Kochummen}} * ''Semecarpus kraemeri'' {{small|Lauterb.}} * ''Semecarpus kurzii'' {{small|Engl.}} * ''Semecarpus lamii'' {{small|Slis}} * ''Semecarpus lineatus'' {{small|Kosterm.}} * ''Semecarpus longifolius'' {{small|Blume}} * ''Semecarpus longipes'' {{small|Kosterm.}} * ''Semecarpus lucens'' {{small|King}} * ''Semecarpus macrophyllus'' {{small|Merr.}} * ''Semecarpus magnificus'' {{small|K.Schum.}} * ''Semecarpus marginatus'' {{small|Thwaites}} * ''Semecarpus microcarpus'' {{small|Wall. ex Hook.f.}} * ''Semecarpus minutipetalus'' {{small|Kochummen}} * ''Semecarpus moonii'' {{small|Thwaites}} * ''Semecarpus myriocarpus'' {{small|Evrard & Tardieu}} * ''Semecarpus neocaledonicus'' {{small|Engl.}} * ''Semecarpus nidificans'' {{small|(Lauterb.) Ding Hou}} * ''Semecarpus nigroviridis'' {{small|Thwaites}} * ''Semecarpus obovatus'' {{small|Moon}} (orth. var. ''Semecarpus obovata'') * ''Semecarpus ochraceus'' {{small|Alston}} (orth. var. ''Semecarpus ochracea'') * ''Semecarpus panduratus'' {{small|Kurz}} * ''Semecarpus papuanus'' {{small|Lauterb.}} * ''Semecarpus parvifolius'' {{small|Thwaites}} (orth. var. ''Semecarpus parvifolia'') * ''Semecarpus paucinervius'' {{small|Merr.}} * ''Semecarpus perniciosus'' {{small|Evrard & Tardieu}} * ''Semecarpus poyaensis'' {{small|Hoff}} * ''Semecarpus prainii'' {{small|King}} * ''Semecarpus pseudoemarginatus'' {{small|Kosterman}} (orth. var. ''Semecarpus pseudo-emarginata'') * ''Semecarpus pubescens'' {{small|Thwaites}} * ''Semecarpus pulvinatus'' {{small|Kochummen}} * ''Semecarpus reticulatus'' {{small|Lecomte}} * ''Semecarpus riparius'' {{small|Virot}} (orth. var. ''Semecarpus riparia'') * ''Semecarpus rostratus'' {{small|Valeton}} * ''Semecarpus rufovelutinus'' {{small|Ridl.}} * ''Semecarpus sandakanus'' {{small|Kochummen}} * ''Semecarpus schlechteri'' {{small|Lauterb.}} * ''Semecarpus stenophyllus'' {{small|Merr.}} * ''Semecarpus subpanduriformis'' {{small|Wall. ex Hook.f.}} * ''Semecarpus subpeltatus'' {{small|Thwaites}} (orth. var. ''Semecarpus subpeltata'') * ''Semecarpus subracemosus'' {{small|Kurz}} * ''Semecarpus subspathulatus'' {{small|King}} * ''Semecarpus tannaensis'' {{small|Guillaumin}} * ''Semecarpus tonkinensis'' {{small|Lecomte}} * ''Semecarpus trachyphyllus'' {{small|Perkins}} * ''Semecarpus travancoricus'' {{small|Bedomme}} (orth. var. ''Semecarpus travancorica'') * ''Semecarpus trengganuensis'' {{small|Kochummen}} * ''Semecarpus velutinus'' {{small|King}} * ''Semecarpus venenosus'' {{small|Volkens}} * ''Semecarpus virotii'' {{small|Hoff}} * ''Semecarpus vitiensis'' {{small|(A.Gray) Engl.}} * ''Semecarpus walkeri'' {{small|Hook.f.}} {{Div col end}}
==References==
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==External links== *{{cite web |title=''Semecarpus'' L.f. |work=Atlas of Living Australia |url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2906769}} *{{Commonscat inline}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q3236652}}
Category:Semecarpus Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Anacardiaceae genera Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus the Younger