Kermadecia

Kermadecia
Kermadecia rotundifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. Its closest relative is Euplassa from South America.

Species

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.