Gjellerupia

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Gjellerupia
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Gjellerupia papuana Lauterb.
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Opiliaceae
Genus: Gjellerupia
Lauterb.
Species:
G. papuana
Binomial name
Gjellerupia papuana

Gjellerupia is a genus of plants in the family Opiliaceae described as a genus in 1912. [1] [2]

It contains only one known species, Gjellerupia papuana, endemic to New Guinea. [3]

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References

  1. Lauterbach, Carl Adolf Georg . 1912. Nova Guinea : résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée 8: 817-818 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
  2. "Tropicos | Name - Gjellerupia Lauterb". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families