Negria

Genus of trees

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Negria

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Lamiales
Family:  | Gesneriaceae
Genus:  | Negria
F.Muell. (1871)
Species:  |

N. rhabdothamnoides

Binomial name
Negria rhabdothamnoides

F.Muell. (1871)

Negria is endemic to Lord Howe Island

Negria is a plant genus in the family Gesneriaceae. Its only species is Negria rhabdothamnoides, commonly known as the pumpkin tree. It is related to Fieldia (syn. Lenbrassia) and Depanthus.[1]

## Description

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The pumpkin tree grows to about 8 m in height. It has pale, corky bark and soft, brittle wood. The ovate to broadly elliptic leaves are 70–200 mm long and 45–100 mm wide; they have glossy upper surfaces and are pale and sparsely haired beneath.[2] The flowers are large and orange with small red dots, appearing over summer from October to April. The fruit is a black, beaked capsule 15 mm long which holds numerous tiny, wind-dispersed seeds.

## Distribution and habitat

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The species is endemic to Australia's subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. The trees are found in the moist mountain forest of Lord Howe from about 500 m above sea level to the highest peaks at nearly 900 m.[3]

## See also

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* Rhabdothamnus; this species has originally labelled in F. Mueller's collections as Rhabdothamnus negriana F.Muell., a name which he did not publish, but listed as a synonym.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Woo, V. L., Funke, M. M., Smith, J. F., Lockhart, P. J., & Garnock-Jones, P. J. (2011). New World origins of southwest Pacific Gesneriaceae: multiple movements across and within the South Pacific. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 172(3), 434-457. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/658183
2. ^ Anon (2007). Appendices, Lord Howe Island Biodiversity Management Plan (PDF). Sydney: Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW). p. 189\. ISBN 978-1-74122-598-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-22.
3. ^ Brown, E.A. "Negria rhabdothamnoides F.Muell". PlantNET: NSW Flora Online. National Herbarium of NSW: Sydney. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
4. ^ "Gesneriaceae. Negria". Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ. Vol. 7\. 1871. pp. 151–153.

Taxon identifiers

Negria|

* Wikidata: Q10335988
* Wikispecies: Negria
* APNI: 78099
* CoL: 63DZP
* FoAO2: Negria
* GBIF: 3233461
* GRIN: 8029
* iNaturalist: 704335
* IPNI: 18572-1
* ITIS: 825795
* NCBI: 49016
* Open Tree of Life: 1067295
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17131-1
* WFO: wfo-4000025496

Negria rhabdothamnoides|

* Wikidata: Q17704372
* Wikispecies: Negria rhabdothamnoides
* APNI: 78116
* BioLib: 984148
* CoL: 464SP
* FoAO2: Negria rhabdothamnoides
* GBIF: 5589523
* iNaturalist: 704334
* IPNI: 381934-1
* ITIS: 827638
* NCBI: 49017
* Open Tree of Life: 1067292
* Plant List: kew-2379494
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:381934-1
* Tropicos: 100355330
* WFO: wfo-0000379427

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