Sapium
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| Sapium japonicum | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Euphorbioideae |
| Tribe: | Hippomaneae |
| Subtribe: | Hippomaninae |
| Genus: | Sapium Jacq.[1] |
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About 125; see text |
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Sapium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae, comprising about 125 species. The genus is native to the tropics, especially the Neotropics. These species have been historically cultivated as a seed-oil crop for soap production and other tallow product, hence the name Sapium.
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[edit] Selected species
- Sapium aubrevillei
- Sapium bolivianum
- Sapium bourgeaui
- Sapium caribaeum Urban
- Sapium glandulatum
- Sapium glandulosum (L.) Morong
- Sapium haematospermum Müll.Arg.
- Sapium harrisii
- Sapium japonicum (Siebold & Zucc.) Pax & K.Hoffm.
- Sapium jenmannii Hemsl.
- Sapium laurifolium (A.Rich.) Griseb.
- Sapium laurocerasus Desf.
- Sapium longifolium
- Sapium luzonicum (S.Vidal) Merr.
- Sapium montevidense
- Sapium saltense
- Sapium sellowianum
- Sapium stylare Müll.Arg.
- Sapium triloculare[2][3]
[edit] Formerly placed here
- Excoecaria indica (Willd.) Müll.Arg. (as S. indicum Willd.)
- Sebastiania bilocularis S.Watson (as S. biloculare (S.Watson) Pax)
- Triadica cochinchinensis Lour. (as S. discolor (Champ. ex Benth.) Müll.Arg.)
- Triadica sebifera (L.) Small (as S. sebiferum (L.) Roxb.)[2]
[edit] Synonyms
- Carumbium Kurz
- Gymnobothrys Wall. ex Baill.
- Sapiopsis Müll.Arg.
- Seborium Raf.
- Shirakiopsis Esser
- Stillingfleetia Bojer
- Taeniosapium Müll.Arg.
[edit] References
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- ^ "Sapium Jacq.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?10708. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
- ^ a b "Species Records of Sapium". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?10708. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
- ^ "Sapium". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=28394. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
