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Sleumerodendron

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Sleumerodendron
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Subfamily: Grevilleoideae
Tribe: Macadamieae
Subtribe: Gevuininae
Genus: Sleumerodendron
R Virot in A. Aubreville
Species:
S. austrocaledonicum
Binomial name
Sleumerodendron austrocaledonicum
(Brongn. & Gris) Virot, 1968
Synonyms
  • Adenostephanus austrocaledonicus Brongn. & Gris

Sleumerodendron is a monotypic genus of plant in the family Proteaceae. The sole species is Sleumerodendron austrocaledonicum.

This species is endemic to New Caledonia.[1][2] Its is closely related to Turrillia (Vanuatu, Fiji) and Kermadecia (New Caledonia),[3] where it has once been placed.

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. ^ "Sleumerodendron austrocaledonicum (Brongn. & Gris) Virot". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  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.