Kermadecia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae. The genus comprises eight species of rainforest trees from New Caledonia, Fiji, and Vanuatu .[1] Its closest relative is Euplassa from South America.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Subfamily: | Grevilleoideae |
| Tribe: | Macadamieae |
| Subtribe: | Gevuininae |
| Genus: | Kermadecia Brongn. & Gris |
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Species
edit- Kermadecia austrocaledonica (Brongn. & Gris) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks., New Caledonia
- Kermadecia brinoniae H.C.Hopkins & Pillon, New Caledonia
- Kermadecia ferruginea A.C.Sm., Fiji
- Kermadecia lutea Guillaumin, Vanuatu
- Kermadecia pronyensis (Guillaumin) Guillaumin, New Caledonia
- Kermadecia rotundifolia Brongn. & Gris , New Caledonia
- Kermadecia sinuata Brongn. & Gris, New Caledonia
- Kermadecia vitiensis Turrill, Fiji
References
edit- ^ Pillon, Y., Gotty, K. & Hopkins, H.C.F. (2023) Expanded generic concepts for Kermadecia and Persoonia, Proteaceae of New Caledonia and neighboring islands. Botany Letters 170, 488–505. https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2023.2212281
- ^ 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.
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