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Pycnandra

Pycnandra is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1876.

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Pycnandra
Photograph of a branchlet with several green leaves on it
Pycnandra acuminata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Chrysophylloideae
Genus: Pycnandra
Benth.1
Synonyms1
  • Achradotypus Baill.
  • Chorioluma Baill.
  • Corbassona Aubrév.
  • Heteromera Montrouz. ex Beauvis.
  • Jollya Pierre ex Baill.
  • Leptostylis Benth.
  • Ochrothallus Pierre ex Baill.
  • Sebertia Pierre ex Engl. & Prantl
  • Tropalanthe S.Moore
  • Trouettia Pierre ex Baill.

Pycnandra is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1876.23

It is the largest endemic genus of flowering plants of New Caledonia.45 Its closest relative is the Australian Niemeyera.6

Species

As of December 2025, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 62 species:1

  • Pycnandra acuminata (Pierre ex Baill.) Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra amplexicaulis Munzinger & Swenson
  • Pycnandra atrofusca Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra balansae (Baill.) Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra belepensis Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra benthamii Baill.
  • Pycnandra blaffartii Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra blanchonii (Aubrév.) Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra bourailensis Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra bracteolata Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra caeruleilatex Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra canaliculata Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra carinocostata Vink
  • Pycnandra chartacea Vink
  • Pycnandra comptonii (S.Moore) Vink
  • Pycnandra comptonioides Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra confusa Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra controversa (Guillaumin) Vink
  • Pycnandra cylindricarpa Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra decandra (Montrouz.) Vink
  • Pycnandra deplanchei (Baill.) Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra elliptica Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra fastuosa (Baill.) Vink
  • Pycnandra filipes (Benth.) Munzinger & Swenson
  • Pycnandra francii (Guillaumin & Dubard) Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra glabella Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra glaberrima Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra gordoniifolia (S.Moore) Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra goroensis (Aubrév.) Munzinger & Swenson
  • Pycnandra grandifolia (Vink) Munzinger & Swenson
  • Pycnandra griseosepala Vink
  • Pycnandra heteromera (Vink) Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra intermedia (Baill.) Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra kaalaensis Aubrév.
  • Pycnandra kopetoensis Munzinger & Swenson
  • Pycnandra kouakouensis Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra linearifolia Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra lissophylla (Pierre ex Baill.) Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra litseiflora (Guillaumin) Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra longiflora (Benth.) Munzinger & Swenson
  • Pycnandra longipetiolata Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra margueriteae Munzinger & Swenson
  • † Pycnandra micrantha (Beauvis.) Munzinger & Swenson
  • Pycnandra montana Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra neocaledonica (S.Moore) Vink
  • Pycnandra obscurinerva (Vink) Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra ouaiemensis Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra paniensis Aubrév.
  • Pycnandra paucinervia Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra perplexa Swenson & Gâteblé
  • Pycnandra petiolata (Vink) Munzinger & Swenson
  • Pycnandra poindimiensis Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra pubiflora Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra sarlinii (Aubrév.) Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra schmidii (Aubrév.) Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra sclerophylla Munzinger & Swenson
  • Pycnandra sessiliflora Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra sessilifolia (Pancher & Sebert) Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra versicolor Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra vieillardii (Baill.) Vink
  • Pycnandra viridifolia Swenson & Munzinger
  • Pycnandra wagapensis (Guillaumin) Munzinger & Swenson
References

References

  1. "Pycnandra Benth". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  2. Bentham, George. 1876. Genera plantarum :ad exemplaria imprimis in Herberiis Kewensibus servata definita /auctoribus G. Bentham et J.D. Hooker. page 658. in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Pycnandra Benth.
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. Swenson, U., Nylinder, S. & Munzinger, J. (2013). Towards a natural classification of Sapotaceae subfamily Chrysophylloideae in Oceania and Southeast Asia based on nuclear sequence data. Taxon 62: 746-770.
  6. Swenson, U., S. Nylinder, and J. Munzinger. (2013) Towards a Natural Classification of Sapotaceae Subfamily Chrysophylloideae in Oceania and Southeast Asia Based on Nuclear Sequence Data.” Taxon 62 (4): 746–70.