Biology:Basselinia

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Short description: Genus of palms

Basselinia
Basselinia pancheri.jpg
Basselinia pancheri
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Subfamily: Arecoideae
Tribe: Areceae
Subtribe: Basseliniinae
Genus: Basselinia
Vieill.
Synonyms[1]
  • Microkentia H.Wendl. ex Hook.f.
  • Nephrocarpus Dammer
  • Alloschmidia H.E.Moore

Basselinia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. The entire genus is endemic to the Island of New Caledonia in the Pacific.[1] In some (but not all) molecular phylogenetic analyses, Hedyscepe from Lord Howe Island is nested in Basselinia.[2]

List of species

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Baker, W. J., M. V. Norup, J. J. Clarkson, T. L. P. Couvreur, J. L. Dowe, C. E. Lewis, J. C. Pintaud, V. Savolainen, T. Wilmot, and M. W. Chase. (2011). Phylogenetic Relationships among Arecoid Palms (Arecaceae: Arecoideae). Annals of Botany 108 (8): 1417–32.

Wikidata ☰ Q2711633 entry