Balgoya

Balgoya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Polygalaceae
Tribe: Moutabeae
Genus: Balgoya
Morat & Meijden
Species: B. pacifica
Binomial name
Balgoya pacifica
Morat & Meijden

Balgoya pacifica is a species of vine in the Polygalaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia and the only species of the genus Balgoya.[1] It is placed in the tribe Moutabeae and may be nested in the neotropical genus Moutabea.[2]

References

  1. Morat, P., & Van Der Meijden, R. (1991). Balgoya (Polygalaceae trib. Moutabeeae), a new genus from New Caledonia. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Section B, Adansonia, 13(1-2), 3-8.
  2. Pastore, J. F. B., Abbott, J. R., Neubig, K. M., Whitten, W. M., Mascarenhas, R. B., Mota, M. C. A., & Berg, C. V. D. (2017). A Molecular Phylogeny and Taxonomic Notes in Caamembeca (Polygalaceae). Systematic Botany, 42(1), 54-62.
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