Jagera is a genus of plants in the lychee and maple family, Sapindaceae. It is native to the Moluccas, New Guinea, and the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales. The genus is named after Herbert de Jager, a collector for botanist Georg Eberhard Rumphius.
Description Plants in this genus are trees or shrubs, with divided (paripinnate) leaves. The leaves are whorled or opposite and the leaflets have serrated edges. The small flowers have five petals and sepals and are born on inflorescences. The fruit are three- or four-celled capsules with stiff rusty coloured hairs on the surface.
Taxonomy The genus was erected by German-Dutch botanist Carl Ludwig Blume in 1847 to accommodate his newly-described species Jagera speciosa. That taxon was not validly published and is now a synonym of J. javanica.
Accepted species Three species are accepted : Jagera javanica Jagera madida Jagera pseudorhus
Formerly included here: The following taxa have either been transferred from Jagera to other genera or relegated to synonomic status. Jagera dasyantha – now Cnesmocarpon dasyantha Jagera discolor – now Cnesmocarpon dasyantha Jagera glabra – now Elattostachys verrucosa Jagera latifolia – now Alectryon ferrugineus Jagera macrophylla – now Jagera javanica Jagera madagascariensis – now Tina chapelieriana Jagera roxburghii – now Jagera javanica Jagera serrata – now Jagera javanica Jagera speciosa – now Jagera javanica Jagera javanica subsp. australiana – now Jagera madida Jagera pseudorhus f. genuina – now Jagera pseudorhus var. pseudorhus Jagera pseudorhus f. pilosiuscula – now Jagera pseudorhus var. pseudorhus Jagera pseudorhus f. subglabrescens – now Jagera pseudorhus var. pseudorhus Jagera serrata f. fulvinervis – now Jagera javanica
See also Cnesmocarpon Trigonachras
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Map of recorded sightings of these species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium Observations of these species on iNaturalist