Oceanopapaver

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Oceanopapaver is the name of a plant genus established by Guillaumin in 1932 for the single species Oceanopapaver neocaledonicum Guillaumin from New Caledonia. The genus has been classified in a number of different families including Capparaceae, Cistaceae, Papaveraceae, and Tiliaceae. The putative family name "Oceanopapaveraceae" has occasionally appeared in print and on the web but is a nomen nudum and has never been validly published nor recognised by any system of plant taxonomy. Recent research has determined that the species belongs in the genus Corchorus and is now now classified as Corchorus neocaledonicus and assigned to the family Malvaceae (s.l.).

[edit] References and external links

  • Whitlock, B. A., K. G. Karol, and W. S. Alverson. 2003. Chloroplast DNA sequences confirm the placement of the enigmatic Oceanopapaver within Corchorus (Grewioideae: Malvaceae s.l., Formerly Tiliaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 164: 35–41 (abstract here).
  • Oceanopapaveraceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. http://delta-intkey.com.
  • taxonomic history
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