Gongrodiscus

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Gongrodiscus
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A preserved specimen of Gongrodiscus sufferrugineus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Tribe: Cupanieae
Genus: Gongrodiscus
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Gongrodiscus is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Sapindaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains three species. [1] It is related to Sarcotoechia and Storthocalyx . [2]

List of species

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References

  1. Morat, P.; Jaffré, T.; Tronchet, F.; Munzinger, J.; Pillon, Y.; Veillon, J.M.; Chalopin, M. (2012). "The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia" (PDF). Adansonia. 34 (2): 179–221. doi: 10.5252/a2012n2a1 . S2CID   85671347.
  2. Buerki, S.; Forest, F.; Callmander, M.W.; Lowry, P.P.; Devey, D.S.; Munzinger, J. (2012). "Phylogenetic Inference of New Caledonian Lineages of Sapindaceae: Molecular Evidence Requires a Reassessment of Generic Circumscriptions". Taxon. 61 (1): 109–19. doi:10.1002/tax.611008.