Biology:Amphorogyne

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Short description: Genus of flowering plant in the mistletoe family Santalaceae

Amphorogyne
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Santalaceae
Genus: Amphorogyne
Stauffer & Hurlim.

Amphorogyne is a genus of hemiparasitic trees and shrubs in the family Santalaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains three species.[1][2] Its closest relative is Daenikera, also endemic to New Caledonia.[3]

List of species

  • Amphorogyne celastroides Stauffer & Hürl.
  • Amphorogyne spicata Stauffer & Hürl.
  • Amphorogyne staufferi Markgraf

References

  1. Hallé, N. (1988) Santalaceae. In Flore de La Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances, edited by P. Morat and H. S. MacKee, 15: 99–152. Paris: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.
  2. Morat, P., T. Jaffré, F. Tronchet, J. Munzinger, Y. Pillon, J. M. Veillon, and M. Chalopin (2012). The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia. Adansonia 34 (2): 179–221. https://dx.doi.org/10.5252/a2012n2a1
  3. Der, J. P., and D. L. Nickrent. (2008. A Molecular Phylogeny of Santalaceae (Santalales).” Systematic Botany 33 (1): 107–16.

Wikidata ☰ Q2844439 entry