Pancheria

Pancheria
Pancheria elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Cunoniaceae
Genus: Pancheria
Brongn. & Gris

Pancheria is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Cunoniaceae. It is to endemic to New Caledonia and contains 27 species.[1] Leaves or whorled (or opposite in Pancheria confusa), simple or pinnate. The flowers are arranged in capitula, fruits are follicular. The species are dioecious. The genus is well diversified on ultramafic rocks and some species are nickel hyperaccumulators.[2] It is related to Cunonia and Weinmannia.[3] It was named after Jean Armand Isidore Pancher.


List of species

(all endemic to New Caledonia)

References

  1. Hopkins, H.C., Pillon, Y., Hoogland, R.D. (2014). Cunoniaceae : Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, volume 26. Publications scientifiques du Muséum, Paris ; IRD, Marseille, 455 p. (collection Faune et Flore tropicales ; 45)
  2. Jaffré, T., Pillon, Y., Thomine, S. & Merlot, S. (2013). The metal hyperaccumulators from New Caledonia can broaden our understanding of nickel accumulation in plants. Frontiers in Plant Science 4 : 279.
  3. Bradford, J. C. (2002) Molecular Phylogenetics and Morphological Evolution in Cunonieae (Cunoniaceae).” Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 89: 491–503.
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