Kermadecia

Short description: Genus of plants in the family Proteaceae endemic to New Caledonia

Kermadecia

Kermadecia rotundifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Order:  | Proteales
Family:  | Proteaceae
Subfamily:  | Grevilleoideae
Tribe:  | Macadamieae
Subtribe:  | Gevuininae
Genus:  | Kermadecia
Brongn. & Gris

Kermadecia sinuata wood - MHNT

Kermadecia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae. The genus comprises five species, all endemic to New Caledonia.[1][2] Its closest relatives are Sleumerodendron (New Caledonia) and Turrillia (Fiji, Vanuatu),[3] of which the species have once been placed in Kermadecia.

## Species

* Kermadecia brinoniae H.C.Hopkins & Pillon
* Kermadecia elliptica Brongn. & Gris
* Kermadecia pronyensis (Guillaumin) Guillaumin
* Kermadecia rotundifolia Brongn. & Gris
* Kermadecia sinuata Brongn. & Gris

## References

1. ↑ Virot, R. (1967). Protéacées. In Flore de La Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances, edited by A. Aubréville, 2:1–254. Paris: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.
2. ↑ Hopkins, H.C.F. & Y. Pillon (2019). Kermadecia brinoniae (Proteaceae: Macadamieae), a new species from New Caledonia previously confused with K. elliptica. In English, English and French abstracts. Candollea 74: 85–92. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15553/c2019v741a9
3. ↑ Mast, A. R., C. L. Willis, E. H. Jones, K. M. Downs, and P. H. Weston. (2008) A Smaller Macadamia from a More Vagile Tribe: Inference of Phylogenetic Relationships, Divergence Times, and Diaspore Evolution in Macadamia and Relatives (Tribe Macadamieae; Proteaceae). American Journal of Botany 95, no. 7 : 843–70.

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