Baloghia

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Baloghia
Baloghia marmorata leaves & flower.jpg
Baloghia marmorata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Codiaeae
Genus: Baloghia
Endl. [1]
Type species
Baloghia lucida [2]
Endl.
Synonyms [3]

Steigeria Müll.Arg.

Baloghia is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1833. [2] [4] It is native to Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Lord Howe I., Norfolk Island), New Caledonia, and Vanuatu. [3] [5] [6] Cocconerion is a close relative. [7]

Species [3]
  1. Baloghia alternifolia – New Caledonia
  2. Baloghia anisomera – New Caledonia
  3. Baloghia balansae – New Caledonia
  4. Baloghia brongniartii – New Caledonia
  5. Baloghia buchholzii – New Caledonia
  6. Baloghia bureavii – New Caledonia
  7. Baloghia deplanchei – New Caledonia
  8. Baloghia drimiflora – New Caledonia
  9. Baloghia inophylla Queensland, New South Wales, Norfolk I., Lord Howe I., New Caledonia, Loyalty Is.
  10. Baloghia marmorata Queensland, New South Wales
  11. Baloghia montana – New Caledonia, Vanuatu
  12. Baloghia neocaledonica – New Caledonia
  13. Baloghia parviflora Atherton Tableland
  14. Baloghia pininsularis – Îsle des Pins SE of New Caledonia
  15. Baloghia pulchella – Mt. Dzumac in New Caledonia
Formerly included

moved to Austrobuxus Fontainea Scagea

  1. B. carunculata – Austrobuxus carunculatus
  2. B. oligostemon – Scagea oligostemon
  3. B. pancheri – Fontainea pancheri

References

  1. "Baloghia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 Tropicos, Baloghia Endl.
  3. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Endlicher, Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus. 1833. Prodromus Florae Norfolkicae 84-85 in Latin
  5. James, T.A.; Harden, G.J. "Genus Baloghia". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  6. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1–4: 1–1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  7. Tokuoka, Toru (2007). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Euphorbiaceae sensu stricto based on plastid and nuclear DNA sequences and ovule and seed character evolution". Journal of Plant Research. 120 (4): 511–522. doi:10.1007/s10265-007-0090-3. PMID   17530165.