Piliocalyx

Piliocalyx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Piliocalyx
Brongn. & Gris

Piliocalyx is a group of shrubs and small trees in the Myrtaceae family, first described as a genus in 1865.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to New Caledonia.[3][4]

species[3]
  1. Piliocalyx baudouinii Brongn. & Gris
  2. Piliocalyx bullatus Brongn. & Gris
  3. Piliocalyx eugenioides Guillaumin
  4. Piliocalyx francii Guillaumin
  5. Piliocalyx laurifolius Brongn. & Gris
  6. Piliocalyx micranthus Brongn. & Gris
  7. Piliocalyx robustus Brongn. & Gris
  8. Piliocalyx wagapensis Brongn. & Gris
formerly included[3]

Piliocalyx concinnus A.C.Sm, synonym of Syzygium concinnum (A.C.Sm.) Craven & Biffin (native to Fiji)

References

  1. ↑ Brongniart, Adolphe Théodore & Gris, Jean Antoine Arthur. 1865. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 12: 185-186 in Latin
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Piliocalyx Brongn. & Gris
  3. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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