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Balanops

Balanops is a group of flowering plants described as a genus in 1871. The nine species are trees or shrubs, found northeast Queensland, Australia, and the South Pacific islands of New Caledonia, Fiji and Vanuatu. Plants in this genus are dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate plants.

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Balanops
Balanops australiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Balanopaceae
Genus: Balanops
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Species

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Synonyms1
  • Ternstroemiacearum Seem.
  • Trilocularia Schltr.
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Balanops is a group of flowering plants described as a genus in 1871.23 The nine species are trees or shrubs, found northeast Queensland, Australia, and the South Pacific islands of New Caledonia, Fiji and Vanuatu.1 Plants in this genus are dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate plants.4

Balanops is the sole genus in the family Balanopaceae (formerly the spelling Balanopsidaceae was also used). It is placed in the order Malpighiales and is most closely related to Chrysobalanaceae, Dichapetalaceae, Euphroniaceae and Trigoniaceae.4

Species

As of February 2026, Plants of the World Online accepts the following nine species:1

  • Balanops australiana – Queensland
  • Balanops balansae – New Caledonia
  • Balanops microstachya – New Caledonia
  • Balanops oliviformis – New Caledonia
  • Balanops pachyphylla – New Caledonia
  • Balanops pancheri – New Caledonia
  • Balanops pedicellata – Vanuatu, Fiji
  • Balanops sparsifolia – New Caledonia
  • Balanops vieillardii – New Caledonia
References

References

  1. "Balanops Baill". POWO. Plants of the World Online, facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2026. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  2. Baillon, H. "Sur Deux Nouveaux Genres Apetales". Adansonia; recueil d'observations botaniques. 10: 117.
  3. "Balanops Baill". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  4. Kubitzki, Klaus, ed. (2014). "Balanopaceae". Flowering Plants, Eudicots : Malpighiales. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Vol. 11. Berlin: Springer. p. 9. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-39417-1. ISBN 978-3-642-39416-4.