Menepetalum
| Menepetalum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Loes. |
Menepetalum is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Celastraceae.[1][2] The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains four species.[3][4] Its closest relative is Dinghoua from Australia.[5]
List of species
- Menepetalum cassinoides Loes.
- Menepetalum cathioides Loes.
- Menepetalum salicifolium Loes.
- Menepetalum schlechteri Loes.
References
- ^ "Menepetalum Loes". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
- ^ "Menepetalum Loes". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved June 29, 2025.
- ^ Müller, I.H. (1996). Celastraceae. In Flore de La Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances, edited by P. Morat, 20:3–74. Paris: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.
- ^ 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
- ^ Simmons, M. P., M. J. McKenna, C. D. Bacon, K. Yakobson, J. J. Cappa, R. H. Archer, and A. J. Ford. (2012) Phylogeny of Celastraceae Tribe Euonymeae Inferred from Morphological Characters and Nuclear and Plastid Genes.” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62 (1): 9–20.