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Phelline

Phelline is a genus of shrubs and the sole member of the family Phellinaceae, a family of flowering plants endemic to New Caledonia. It is placed in the order Asterales and is related to two other small plant families: Alseuosmiaceae and Argophyllaceae. It contains ten species.

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Phelline
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Phellinaceae
Takht.1
Genus: Phelline
Labill.
Type species
Phelline comosa
Labill.2

Phelline is a genus of shrubs and the sole member of the family Phellinaceae, a family of flowering plants endemic to New Caledonia.3 It is placed in the order Asterales and is related to two other small plant families: Alseuosmiaceae and Argophyllaceae.4 It contains ten species.3

Species

All species in the genus are endemic to New Caledonia.3 The ten species are listed below.5

  • Phelline barrierei Barriera & Schlüssel
  • Phelline billardierei Pancher ex Loes.
  • Phelline brachyphylla Baill.
  • Phelline comosa Labill.
  • Phelline dumbeaensis Guillaumin
  • Phelline erubescens Baill.
  • Phelline gracilior (Loes.) Barriera
  • Phelline indivisa (Baill.) Harms & Loes.
  • Phelline lucida Vieill. ex Baill.
  • Phelline macrophylla Baill.
References

References

  1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. hdl:10654/18083. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
  2. IPNI (2022). "Phelline Labill., Sert. Austro-Caledon. 35, t. 38 (1824)". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  3. Barriera, G. (27 September 2017). "Novitates neocaledonicae. VIII. Taxonomie et nomenclature du genre Phelline (Phellinaceae) avec la description de la nouvelle espèce Phelline barrierei" [Novitates neocaledonicae. VIII. Taxonomy and nomenclature of the genus Phelline (Phellinaceae) with the description of the new species Phelline barrierei]. Candollea (in French). 72 (2). Switzerland: Conservatory and Botanical Garden of the City of Geneva: 361–370. doi:10.15553/c2017v722a14. S2CID 90998404. Retrieved 2022-12-15 – via Zenodo.
  4. Kårehed, J.; Lundberg, J.; Bremer, B.; Bremer, K. (1999). "Evolution of the Australasian Families Alseuosmiaceae, Argophyllaceae, and Phellinaceae". Systematic Botany. 24 (4). American Society of Plant Taxonomists: 660–682. doi:10.2307/2419649. JSTOR 2419649. S2CID 84149554. Retrieved 2022-12-15 – via ResearchGate.
  5. POWO (2022). "Phillene Labill". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-12-15.