Kermadecia

Kermadecia
Kermadecia rotundifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Subfamily:	Grevilleoideae
Tribe:	Macadamieae
Subtribe:	Gevuininae
Genus:	Kermadecia Brongn. & Gris
Synonyms
SleumerodendronVirot TurrilliaA.C.Sm.

Kermadecia sinuata wood - MHNT

Kermadecia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae. The genus comprises eight species of rainforest trees from New Caledonia, Fiji, and Vanuatu . ^[1] Its closest relative is Euplassa from South America. ^[2]

Species

• Kermadecia austrocaledonica (Brongn. & Gris) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks., New Caledonia
• Kermadecia brinoniae H.C.Hopkins & Pillon, New Caledonia
• Kermadecia ferruginea A.C.Sm., Fiji
• Kermadecia lutea Guillaumin, Vanuatu
• Kermadecia pronyensis (Guillaumin) Guillaumin, New Caledonia
• Kermadecia rotundifolia Brongn. & Gris, New Caledonia
• Kermadecia sinuata Brongn. & Gris, New Caledonia
• Kermadecia vitiensis Turrill, Fiji

References

1. Pillon, Y., Gotty, K. & Hopkins, H.C.F. (2023) Expanded generic concepts for Kermadecia and Persoonia, Proteaceae of New Caledonia and neighboring islands. Botany Letters 170, 488–505. https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2023.2212281
2. Mast, A. R., C. L. Willis, E. H. Jones, K. M. Downs, and P. H. Weston. (2008) A Smaller Macadamia from a More Vagile Tribe: Inference of Phylogenetic Relationships, Divergence Times, and Diaspore Evolution in Macadamia and Relatives (Tribe Macadamieae; Proteaceae). American Journal of Botany 95, no. 7 : 843–70.