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
Synonyms

* Sleumerodendron Virot
* Turrillia A.C.Sm.

Kermadecia sinuata wood - MHNT

Kermadecia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae. The genus comprises eight species of rainforest trees from New Caledonia, Fiji, and Vanuatu .[1] Its closest relative is Euplassa from South America.[2]

## Species

* Kermadecia austrocaledonica (Brongn. & Gris) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks., New Caledonia
* Kermadecia brinoniae H.C.Hopkins & Pillon, New Caledonia
* Kermadecia ferruginea A.C.Sm., Fiji
* Kermadecia lutea Guillaumin, Vanuatu
* Kermadecia pronyensis (Guillaumin) Guillaumin, New Caledonia
* Kermadecia rotundifolia Brongn. & Gris , New Caledonia
* Kermadecia sinuata Brongn. & Gris, New Caledonia
* Kermadecia vitiensis Turrill, Fiji

## References

1. ↑ Pillon, Y., Gotty, K. & Hopkins, H.C.F. (2023) Expanded generic concepts for Kermadecia and Persoonia, Proteaceae of New Caledonia and neighboring islands. Botany Letters 170, 488–505. https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2023.2212281
2. ↑ 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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