Biology:Phelline

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Short description: Genus of shrubs

Phelline
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Phellinaceae
Takht.[1]
Genus: Phelline
Labill.
Type species
Phelline comosa
Labill.[2]

Phelline is a genus of shrubs and the sole member of the family Phellinaceae, a family of flowering plants endemic to New Caledonia.[3] It is placed in the order Asterales and is related to two other small plant families: Alseuosmiaceae and Argophyllaceae.[4] It contains ten species.[3]

Species

All species in the genus are endemic to New Caledonia.[3] The ten species are listed below.[5]

  • Phelline barrierei Barriera & Schlüssel
  • Phelline billardierei Pancher ex Loes.
  • Phelline brachyphylla Baill.
  • Phelline comosa Labill.
  • Phelline dumbeaensis Guillaumin
  • Phelline erubescens Baill.
  • Phelline gracilior (Loes.) Barriera
  • Phelline indivisa (Baill.) Harms & Loes.
  • Phelline lucida Vieill. ex Baill.
  • Phelline macrophylla Baill.

References

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