Bocquillonia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1862.[2][3] The entire genus is endemic to New Caledonia (including smaller islands that are part of the territory).[1][4] Molecular phylogenetic analyses suggest that Bocquillonia is nested in Alchornea.[5]
| Bocquillonia | |
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| Bocquillonia castaneifolia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Alchorneae |
| Subtribe: | Alchorneinae |
| Genus: | Bocquillonia Baill. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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- Species[1]
- Bocquillonia arborea - Îles des Pins
- Bocquillonia brachypoda - incl Îles des Pins, Île Art
- Bocquillonia brevipes
- Bocquillonia castaneifolia - incl Île Art
- Bocquillonia codonostylis - Mt. Panié Reg.
- Bocquillonia corneri
- Bocquillonia goniorrhachis
- Bocquillonia grandidens
- Bocquillonia longipes
- Bocquillonia lucidula
- Bocquillonia nervosa
- Bocquillonia phenacostigma - Mt. Aoupinié
- Bocquillonia rhomboidea - incl. Loyalty Is
- Bocquillonia sessiliflora
- Bocquillonia spicata
References
edit- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1862. Adansonia 2: 225-227 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos
- ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Wurdack, K. J., P. Hoffmann, and M. W. Chase (2005). Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Uniovulate Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbiaceae Sensu Stricto) Using Plastid rbcL and trnL-F DNA Sequences.” American Journal of Botany 92(8): 1397–1420.
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