Nothobaccaurea

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Nothobaccaurea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Antidesmatoideae
Tribe: Scepeae
Genus: Nothobaccaurea
Haegens
Type species
Nothobaccaurea stylaris

Nothobaccaurea is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae, first described as a genus in 2000. [1] [2] It is native to various islands in the Pacific. [3] The genus is named for its false resemblance with Baccaurea . Like Baccaurea, it is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants. [4]

Nothobaccaurea grows in primary or secondary rain forest. In Fiji it is known by a number of local names, innoka, kailoa, midra, sinumbuta, and vurevure. Nothobaccaurea is a shrub or tree that grows between 2–20 metres in height, it flowers and fruits throughout the year. [5]

Species [3]

References

  1. Haegens, Raoul Martin Anne Peter. 2000. Blumea, Supplement 12: 198
  2. Tropicos, Nothobaccaurea Haegens
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin. 61 (1): 37–53. JSTOR   20443245.
  5. "Nothobaccaurea".