Kermadecia
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Kermadecia is a genus of flowering plant
s in family Proteaceae
. The genus comprises four species, all endemic to New Caledonia
as follows:
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in family Proteaceae
Proteaceae
Proteaceae is a family of flowering plants distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The family comprises about 80 genera with about 1600 species. Together with the Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae they make up the order Proteales. Well known genera include Protea, Banksia, Embothrium, Grevillea,...
. The genus comprises four species, all endemic to New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
as follows:
- Kermadecia elliptica Brongn. & Gris
- Kermadecia pronyensisKermadecia pronyensisKermadecia pronyensis is a species of plant in the Proteaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* Jaffré, T. et al. 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....
(Guillaumin) Guillaumin - Kermadecia rotundifolia Brongn. & Gris
- Kermadecia sinuata Brongn. & Gris