Daenikera

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Daenikera
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Santalaceae
Genus: Daenikera
Hürl. & Stauffer
Species:
D. corallina
Binomial name
Daenikera corallina
Hürl. & Stauffer

Daenikera corallina is a plant parasite species in the Santalaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia and the only species of the genus Daenikera. [1] [2] Its closest relative is Amphorogyne , also endemic to New Caledonia. [3]

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Santalaceae Family of flowering plants

The Santalaceae, sandalwoods, are a widely distributed family of flowering plants which, like other members of Santalales, are partially parasitic on other plants. Its flowers are bisexual or, by abortion, unisexual. Modern treatments of the Santalaceae include the family Viscaceae (mistletoes), previously considered distinct.

<i>Stenocarpus</i> Genus of plants of the family Proteaceae

Stenocarpus is a genus of about 25 species of woody trees or shrubs, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae.

Acropogon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia. It contains around 25 species. Its closest relatives are Australian genera: Argyrodendron, Brachychiton and Franciscodendron.

Oncotheca is a genus of tree endemic to New Caledonia. There are two species, Oncotheca balansae and Oncotheca humboldtiana.

Arthroclianthus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Its c. 19 species are all endemic to New Caledonia. Its closest relatives include Nephrodesmus, also endemic to New Caledonia, Ohwia and Hanslia.

Amphorogyne is a genus of hemiparasitic trees and shrubs in the family Santalaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains three species. Its closest relative is Daenikera, also endemic to New Caledonia.

Nemuaron vieillardii is a species of trees in the Atherospermataceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia and the only species of the genus Nemuaron. Its closest relative is the monotypic genus Atherosperma from Australia.

Moutabea pacifica, synonym Balgoya pacifica, is a species of vine in the family Polygalaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. It has been considered to be the only species of the genus Balgoya. It is now placed in the neotropical genus Moutabea, in the tribe Moutabeae.

Sparattosyce is a genus of trees in the family Moraceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains two species. Its closest relative is Antiaropsis from New Guinea.

Salaciopsis is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Celastraceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains six species.

Menepetalum is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Celastraceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains four species. Its closest relative is Dinghoua from Australia.

Peripterygia marginata is a species of shrubs in the family Celastraceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia and the only species of the genus Peripterygia. Its closest relatives are Crossopetalum and Siphonodon.

Dicarpellum is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Celastraceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains four species. Its closest relative is Hypsophila from Australia.

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. It is related to Sarcotoechia and Storthocalyx.

<i>Loxodiscus</i>

Loxodiscus coriaceus is a species of shrubs in the family Sapindaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia and the only species of the genus Loxodiscus. Its closest relatives are Cossinia, Diplopeltis, Dodonaea and Harpullia.

Crossosperma is a genus of shrubs in the family Rutaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains two species. Its closest relative is the Australian Acradenia.

Elaphanthera baumannii is a species of hemiparasitic shrub in the Santalaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia and the only species of the genus Elaphanthera, probably related to Exocarpos.

Mangenotiella stellata is a species of shrub in the family Primulaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia and the only species of the genus Mangenotiella.

Periomphale balansae is a species of shrub in the Alseuosmiaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia and the only species of the genus Periomphale. It has sometimes been included in the genus Wittsteinia.

Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie is an ongoing multi-volume flora describing the vascular plants of New Caledonia in the South-West Pacific. published by the National Museum of Natural History in Paris since 1967. Each species treatment typically includes taxonomic information, morphological description, a line drawing and a distribution map. Originally published as Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances, since 2014 it has been renamed shortly Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie and is co-published with Institut de Recherche pour le Développement in a fully colored format. Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie currently consists of 27 volumes, covering little over 50% of a total of approximately 3,400 species native to the New Caledonian archipelago. Major botanical families awaiting treatment include Rubiaceae, Cyperaceae, Rutaceae, and Poaceae.

References

  1. Hallé, N. (1988) Santalaceae. In Flore de La Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances, edited by P. Morat and H. S. MacKee, 15: 99–152. Paris: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.
  2. Morat, P., T. Jaffré, F. Tronchet, J. Munzinger, Y. Pillon, J. M. Veillon, and M. Chalopin (2012). The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia. Adansonia 34 (2): 179–221.
  3. Der, J. P., and D. L. Nickrent. (2008. A Molecular Phylogeny of Santalaceae (Santalales).” Systematic Botany 33 (1): 107–16.