Biology:Kermadecia

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Short description: Genus of plants in the family Proteaceae endemic to New Caledonia

Kermadecia
Kermadecia rotundifolia.jpg
Kermadecia rotundifolia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Subfamily: Grevilleoideae
Tribe: Macadamieae
Subtribe: Gevuininae
Genus: Kermadecia
Brongn. & Gris
Synonyms
  • Sleumerodendron Virot
  • Turrillia A.C.Sm.
Kermadecia sinuata wood - MHNT

Kermadecia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae. The genus comprises eight species of rainforest trees from New Caledonia, Fiji, and Vanuatu .[1] Its closest relative is Euplassa from South America.[2]

Species

  • Kermadecia austrocaledonica (Brongn. & Gris) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks., New Caledonia
  • Kermadecia brinoniae H.C.Hopkins & Pillon, New Caledonia
  • Kermadecia ferruginea A.C.Sm., Fiji
  • Kermadecia lutea Guillaumin, Vanuatu
  • Kermadecia pronyensis (Guillaumin) Guillaumin, New Caledonia
  • Kermadecia rotundifolia Brongn. & Gris , New Caledonia
  • Kermadecia sinuata Brongn. & Gris, New Caledonia
  • Kermadecia vitiensis Turrill, Fiji

References

  1. Pillon, Y., Gotty, K. & Hopkins, H.C.F. (2023) Expanded generic concepts for Kermadecia and Persoonia, Proteaceae of New Caledonia and neighboring islands. Botany Letters 170, 488–505. https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2023.2212281
  2. Mast, A. R., C. L. Willis, E. H. Jones, K. M. Downs, and P. H. Weston. (2008) A Smaller Macadamia from a More Vagile Tribe: Inference of Phylogenetic Relationships, Divergence Times, and Diaspore Evolution in Macadamia and Relatives (Tribe Macadamieae; Proteaceae). American Journal of Botany 95, no. 7 : 843–70.

Wikidata ☰ Q6393981 entry