Allophylus

Allophylus is a genus within the plant family Sapindaceae. It includes 211 species with a pantropical distribution.^[1]

Allophylus
Allophylus cobbe
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Sapindaceae
Subfamily:	Sapindoideae
Genus:	Allophylus L. (1753)
Diversity
c. 200 species
Synonyms[1]
Aporetica J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (1776) Azamara Hochst. ex Rchb. (1841) Cominia P.Browne (1756) Gemella Lour. (1790) Nassavia Vell. (1829) Ornitrophe Comm. ex Juss. (1789) Schmidelia L. (1767), nom. illeg. Toxicodendrum Gaertn. (1788) Usubis Burm.f. (1768)

Allophylus timoriensis - MHNT

Selected species

Main article: List of Allophylus species

• Allophylus agbala Hauman – Central Africa (DRC)
• Allophylus aldabricus Radlk. – Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
• Allophylus bullatus Radlk. – Central Africa
• Allophylus chartaceus (Kurz) Radlkofer – South/Southeast Asia
• Allophylus chirindensis Baker f. – Southern Africa
• Allophylus cobbe (L.) Rausch. – Pantropical
• Allophylus decipiens (E.Mey.) Radlk. – Southern Africa
• Allophylus dodsonii A.H.Gentry – South America (Ecuador)
• Allophylus edulis (St.Hil.) Radlk. – South America
• Allophylus natalensis (Sond.) De Winter – Southern Africa
• Allophylus pachyphyllus Radlk. – Caribbean (Jamaica)
• Allophylus rapensis F. Brown – Oceania (French Polynesia)
• Allophylus rhomboidalis (Nadeaud) Radlk. – Oceania (French Polynesia and Pitcairn)
• Allophylus rubifolius (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Engl. – eastern to southern Africa and Arabian Peninsula
  • Allophylus rubifolius var. alnifolius (Baker) Friis & Vollesen
  • Allophylus rubifolius var. dasystachys (Gilg) Verdc.
  • Allophylus rubifolius var. rhusiphyllus (Balf.f.) Friis & Vollesen
  • Allophylus rubifolius var. rubifolius
• Allophylus timoriensis (DC.) Blume – Southeast Asia, Pacific
• Allophylus zeylanicus L. – Sri Lanka