Mischocarpus is a genus of about nineteen species of trees known to science, constituting part of the plant family Sapindaceae. They grow naturally from Australia and New Guinea, though Malesia as far north as the Philippines, through SE. Asia, Indo-China and S. China, to India at their farthest west. The eleven Australian species known to science grow naturally in the rainforests of the eastern coastal zone of New South Wales and Queensland, from Newcastle northwards through to north-eastern Queensland and Cape York Peninsula.
Naming and classification
In 1825 Carl L. Blume first formally published this genus name and its type species M. sundaicus.
In 1879 Ludwig A. T. Radlkofer first formally published new names of many species.
In 1977 R. W. J. M. van der Ham published a revision of the genus, including new names of species.
This listing was sourced from the Australian Plant Name Index and Australian Plant Census, Flora Malesiana, botanical science journal papers, and the Flora of China.:
Mischocarpus ailae Guymer (was subsumed within M. lachnocarpus), woolly bush apple – Restricted endemic in rainforests of NE. NSW & SE. Qld, AustraliaMischocarpus albescens S.T.Reynolds – Daintree region endemic, NE. Qld, AustraliaMischocarpus anodontus (F.Muell.) Radlk. – NE. NSW to CE. to NE. Qld, AustraliaMischocarpus australis S.T.Reynolds – CE. NSW through to SE. Qld, AustraliaMischocarpus exangulatus (F.Muell.) Radlk. – Cape York Peninsula and NE. Qld endemic, AustraliaMischocarpus grandissimus (F.Muell.) Radlk. – NE. Qld endemic, AustraliaMischocarpus hainanensis H.S.Lo – Hainan, ChinaMischocarpus lachnocarpus (F.Muell.) Radlk. (previously M. ailae was subsumed within here) – NE. Qld to Cape York Peninsula, Australia and New GuineaMischocarpus largifolius Radlk. – Solomon Islands to New GuineaMischocarpus macrocarpus S.T.Reynolds – NE. to CE. Qld, AustraliaMischocarpus montanus C.T.White (Australian plants previously included in M. pyriformis subsp. retusus as a misapplied name) – mountains endemic in NE. Qld, AustraliaMischocarpus paradoxus Radlk. – New GuineaMischocarpus pentapetalus (Roxb.) Radlk. – India, S. China through SE. Asia to W. Malesia as far as a line from Philippines–Borneo–JavaMischocarpus pyriformis (F.Muell.) Radlk. – C. coast NSW through E Qld to NE. Qld, Australia and New Guineasubsp. papuanus – New Guineasubsp. pyriformis – C. coast NSW northwards to NE Qld, Australiasubsp. retusus (previously misapplied to Australian M. montanus plants) – New GuineaMischocarpus reticulatus (Radlk.) R.W.Ham – New GuineaMischocarpus stipitatus S.T.Reynolds – Cape York Peninsula to NE. to C. coast Qld, AustraliaMischocarpus sundaicus Blume – India, S. China, SE. Asia and through MalesiaMischocarpus triqueter Radlk. – PhilippinesSpecies accepted by the authoritative Flora Malesiana while awaiting formal publication, as provisionally published names and descriptionsMischocarpus prob. spec. nov.: R.W.Ham (UPNG (Millar) 1042 (K)) – New Guinea
