Macadamia neurophylla
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Macadamia neurophylla is a species of plant
in the Proteaceae
family. It is endemic to New Caledonia
. It is threatened by habitat loss. It has recently been transferred to the genus Virotia
, which is also endemic to New Caledonia.
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in the 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,...
family. It is 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...
. It is threatened by habitat loss. It has recently been transferred to the genus Virotia
Virotia
Virotia is a genus of six species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia.The species, all previously included in the genus Macadamia, are as follows:...
, which is also endemic to New Caledonia.