Canacomyrica

Canacomyrica
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
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.

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. doi:10.2307/25065582. JSTOR 25065582.
Kumar, S.; Stohlgren, T. J. (2009). "Maxent modeling for predicting suitable habitat for threatened and endangered tree Canacomyrica monticola in New Caledonia". Journal of Ecology and Natural Environment 1 (4): 94–98. http://www.academicjournals.org/jene/PDF/Pdf2009/July/Kumar%20and%20Stohlgren.pdf.