Longetia

Longetia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Tribe: Caletieae
Subtribe: Dissiliariinae
Genus: Longetia
Baill.
Species: L. buxoides
Binomial name
Longetia buxoides
Baill.
Synonyms[1]
  • Austrobuxus buxoides (Baill.) Airy Shaw
  • Austrobuxus gracilis Airy Shaw
  • Austrobuxus pisocarpus Airy Shaw

Longetia is a genus of plants under the family Picrodendraceae first described as a genus in 1866.[2][3] It has only one known species, Longetia buxoides, endemic to New Caledonia.[1][4]

formerly included[1]

moved to other genera: Austrobuxus Scagea

  1. L. carunculata - Austrobuxus carunculatus
  2. L. clusiacea - Austrobuxus clusiaceus
  3. L. depauperata - Scagea depauperata
  4. L. eugeniifolia - Austrobuxus eugeniifolius
  5. L. gynotricha - Scagea oligostemon
  6. L. malayana - Austrobuxus nitidus
  7. L. montana - Austrobuxus nitidus
  8. L. nitida - Austrobuxus nitidus
  9. L. swainii - Austrobuxus swainii

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1866. Adansonia 6: 352-359 in French
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Longetia Baill.
  4. ↑ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.


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