Crossosperma

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Crossosperma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Subfamily: Zanthoxyloideae
Genus: Crossosperma
T.G.Hartley

Crossosperma is a genus of shrubs in the family Rutaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains two species.[1] Its closest relative is the Australian Acradenia.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Morat, P., T. Jaffré, F. Tronchet, J. Munzinger, Y. Pillon, J. M. Veillon, and M. Chalopin (2012). The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia. Adansonia 34 (2): 179–221.
  2. ^ Bayly, M. J., G. D. Holmes, P. I. Forster, D. J. Cantrill, and P. Y. Ladiges. (2013) Major Clades of Australasian Rutoideae (Rutaceae) Based on rbcL and atpB Sequences.” PLoS ONE 8 (8): e72493.