Biology:Storthocalyx

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Short description: Family of shrubs and trees

Storthocalyx
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Tribe: Cupanieae
Genus: Storthocalyx
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Storthocalyx is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Sapindaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains five species.[1] It is related to Gongrodiscus and Sarcotoechia.[2]

List of species

  • Storthocalyx chryseus
  • Storthocalyx corymbosus
  • Storthocalyx leioneurus
  • Storthocalyx pancheri
  • Storthocalyx sordidus

References

  1. Munzinger, J., Lowry, P. P., Buerki, S., & Callmander, M. W. (2016). A Taxonomic Revision of the Endemic New Caledonian Genus Storthocalyx (Sapindaceae). Systematic Botany, 41(2), 387-400.
  2. Buerki, S., F. Forest, M. W. Callmander, P. P. Lowry, D. S. Devey, and J. Munzinger. (2012) Phylogenetic Inference of New Caledonian Lineages of Sapindaceae: Molecular Evidence Requires a Reassessment of Generic Circumscriptions. Taxon 61 (1): 109–19.

Wikidata ☰ Q9080035 entry