Canacomyrica

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Canacomyrica
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fagales
Family: Myricaceae
Genus: Canacomyrica
Guillaumin
Species: C. monticola
Binomial name
Canacomyrica monticola
Guillaumin

Canacomyrica is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Myricaceae, native to New Caledonia. The sole species is Canacomyrica monticola, an endangered tree or small shrub, endemic to ultramafic serpentine soils.

[edit] References

  • Kubitzki, K. (1993). In Kubitzki, K. (Series Editor): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Vol.2: K. Kubitzki, Rohwer, J. G., & Bittrich, V. (volume editors), p. 456. Springer-Verlag Berlin ISBN 3-540-55509-9.
  • Herbert, J., Chase, M. W., Möller, M., & Abbott, R. J. (2006). Nuclear and plastid DNA sequences confirm the placement of the enigmatic Canacomyrica monticola in Myricaceae. Taxon 55(2): 349-357.

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