Kermadecia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae. The genus comprises eight species of rainforest trees from New Caledonia, Fiji, and Vanuatu .[1] Its closest relative is Euplassa from South America.[2]

Kermadecia
Kermadecia rotundifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Subfamily: Grevilleoideae
Tribe: Macadamieae
Subtribe: Gevuininae
Genus: Kermadecia
Brongn. & Gris
Synonyms
  • Sleumerodendron Virot
  • Turrillia A.C.Sm.
Kermadecia sinuata wood - MHNT

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Pillon, Y., Gotty, K. & Hopkins, H.C.F. (2023) Expanded generic concepts for Kermadecia and Persoonia, Proteaceae of New Caledonia and neighboring islands. Botany Letters 170, 488–505. https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2023.2212281
  2. ^ Mast, A. R., C. L. Willis, E. H. Jones, K. M. Downs, and P. H. Weston. (2008) A Smaller Macadamia from a More Vagile Tribe: Inference of Phylogenetic Relationships, Divergence Times, and Diaspore Evolution in Macadamia and Relatives (Tribe Macadamieae; Proteaceae). American Journal of Botany 95, no. 7 : 843–70.