Virotia

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Virotia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Virotia
L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs
Species

See text.

Virotia is a genus of six species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia.[1][2]

Species

The species, all previously included in the genus Macadamia, are as follows:[1]

  • Virotia angustifolia (Virot) P.H.Weston & A.R.Mast (basionym: Macadamia angustifolia Virot)
  • Virotia francii (Guillaumin) P.H.Weston & A.R.Mast (basionym: Roupala francii Guillaumin)
  • Virotia leptophylla (Guillaumin) L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs (basionym: Kermadecia leptophylla Guillaumin)
  • Virotia neurophylla (Guillaumin) P.H.Weston & A.R.Mast (basionym: Kermadecia neurophylla Guillaumin)
  • Virotia rousselii (Vieill.) P.H.Weston & A.R.Mast (basionym: Roupala rousselii Vieill)
  • Virotia vieillardi (Brongn. & Gris) P.H.Weston & A.R.Mast (basionym: Roupala vieillardii Brongn. & Gris)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mast, A. et al. (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 (7): 843–870. doi:10.3732/ajb.0700006. 
  2. "Genre Virotia L.Johnson & B.Briggs". Endémía - Faune & Flore de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
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