Storthocalyx

Storthocalyx
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Sapindaceae
Genus:	Storthocalyx; Radlk.

Last updated February 25, 2019

Storthocalyx is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Sapindaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains five species.^[1] It is related to Gongrodiscus and Sarcotoechia .^[2]

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The Sapindaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales known as the soapberry family. It contains 138 genera and 1858 accepted species, including maple, ackee, horse chestnut and lychee.

New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific Ocean, located to the south of Vanuatu, about 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia and 20,000 km (12,000 mi) from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Chesterfield Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines, and a few remote islets. The Chesterfield Islands are in the Coral Sea. Locals refer to Grande Terre as Le Caillou.

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References

↑ Munzinger, J., Lowry, P. P., Buerki, S., & Callmander, M. W. (2016). A Taxonomic Revision of the Endemic New Caledonian Genus Storthocalyx (Sapindaceae). Systematic Botany, 41(2), 387-400.
↑ Buerki, S., F. Forest, M. W. Callmander, P. P. Lowry, D. S. Devey, and J. Munzinger. (2012) Phylogenetic Inference of New Caledonian Lineages of Sapindaceae: Molecular Evidence Requires a Reassessment of Generic Circumscriptions. Taxon 61 (1): 109–19.

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[1] Munzinger, J., Lowry, P. P., Buerki, S., & Callmander, M. W. (2016). A Taxonomic Revision of the Endemic New Caledonian Genus Storthocalyx (Sapindaceae). Systematic Botany, 41(2), 387-400.

[2] Buerki, S., F. Forest, M. W. Callmander, P. P. Lowry, D. S. Devey, and J. Munzinger. (2012) Phylogenetic Inference of New Caledonian Lineages of Sapindaceae: Molecular Evidence Requires a Reassessment of Generic Circumscriptions. Taxon 61 (1): 109–19.