Bocquillonia

Bocquillonia
Bocquillonia castaneifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Acalyphoideae
Tribe:	Alchorneae
Subtribe:	Alchorneinae
Genus:	Bocquillonia Baill.
Synonyms [1]
Ramelia Baill.

Bocquillonia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1862. ^{[2] [3]} The entire genus is endemic to New Caledonia (including smaller islands that are part of the territory). ^{[1] [4]} Molecular phylogenetic analyses suggest that Bocquillonia is nested in Alchornea . ^[5]

Species ^[1]

1. Bocquillonia arborea - Îles des Pins
2. Bocquillonia brachypoda - incl Îles des Pins, Île Art
3. Bocquillonia brevipes
4. Bocquillonia castaneifolia - incl Île Art
5. Bocquillonia codonostylis - Mt. Panié Reg.
6. Bocquillonia corneri
7. Bocquillonia goniorrhachis
8. Bocquillonia grandidens
9. Bocquillonia longipes
10. Bocquillonia lucidula
11. Bocquillonia nervosa
12. Bocquillonia phenacostigma - Mt. Aoupinié
13. Bocquillonia rhomboidea - incl. Loyalty Is
14. Bocquillonia sessiliflora
15. Bocquillonia spicata

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1862. Adansonia 2: 225-227 in Latin
3. Tropicos
4. 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.
5. Wurdack, K. J., P. Hoffmann, and M. W. Chase (2005). Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Uniovulate Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbiaceae Sensu Stricto) Using Plastid rbcL and trnL-F DNA Sequences.” American Journal of Botany 92(8): 1397–1420.