Longetia

Longetia is a genus of plants under the family Picrodendraceae first described as a genus in 1866.[2][3] It has only one known species, Longetia buxoides, endemic to New Caledonia.[1][4]

formerly included[1]

Longetia
Longetia buxoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Tribe: Caletieae
Subtribe: Dissiliariinae
Genus: Longetia
Baill.
Species:
L. buxoides
Binomial name
Longetia buxoides
Synonyms[1]
  • Austrobuxus buxoides (Baill.) Airy Shaw
  • Austrobuxus gracilis Airy Shaw
  • Austrobuxus pisocarpus Airy Shaw

moved to other genera: Austrobuxus Scagea

  1. L. carunculata - Austrobuxus carunculatus
  2. L. clusiacea - Austrobuxus clusiaceus
  3. L. depauperata - Scagea depauperata
  4. L. eugeniifolia - Austrobuxus eugeniifolius
  5. L. gynotricha - Scagea oligostemon
  6. L. malayana - Austrobuxus nitidus
  7. L. montana - Austrobuxus nitidus
  8. L. nitida - Austrobuxus nitidus
  9. L. swainii - Austrobuxus swainii

See also
  • Taxonomy of the Picrodendraceae

References
  1. "Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
  2. Baillon, Henri Ernest (1866). "Adansonia 6". Description du Genre Longetia (in French). pp. 352–359.
  3. "Longetia Baill". Tropicos.
  4. Govaerts, R.; Frodin, D. G.; Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. Kew: The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.