Arthroclianthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Its 13–19 species are all endemic to New Caledonia.[1][2] Its closest relatives include Nephrodesmus, also endemic to New Caledonia,[3] Ohwia and Hanslia.[4]

Arthroclianthus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Desmodieae
Genus: Arthroclianthus
Baill. (1870)
Species[1]

13; see text

Species

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13 species are accepted:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Arthroclianthus Baill. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  2. ^ Morat, P., T. Jaffré, F. Tronchet, J. Munzinger, Y. Pillon, J. M. Veillon, and M. Chalopin (2012). The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia. Adansonia 34 (2): 179–221. https://dx.doi.org/10.5252/a2012n2a1
  3. ^ Egan, Ashley N., Mohammad Vatanparast, and William Cagle. (2016) Parsing Polyphyletic Pueraria: Delimiting Distinct Evolutionary Lineages through Phylogeny.” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 104: 44–59. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.08.001.
  4. ^ Jabbour, F., Gaudeul, M., Lambourdière, J., Ramstein, G., Hassanin, A., Labat, J. N., & Sarthou, C. (2018). Phylogeny, biogeography and character evolution in the tribe Desmodieae (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae), with special emphasis on the New Caledonian endemic genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 118:108-121 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.017