Pycnandra acuminata is an example of a tree in this genus. (Permission to use this file was granted personally by Benoit Henry to illustrate Pycnandra acuminata on Wikipedia)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Asterids
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Sapotaceae
Subfamily:
Chrysophylloideae
Genus:
Pycnandra Benth.
Synonyms[1]
Leptostylis Benth.
Achradotypus Baill.
Chorioluma Baill.
Ochrothallus Pierre ex Baill.
Trouettia Pierre ex Baill.
Sebertia Pierre ex Engl. & Prantl
Heteromera Montrouz. ex Beauvis. 1901, illegitimate homonym, not Pomel 1874 (Asteraceae)
Tropalanthe S.Moore
Corbassona Aubrév.
Pycnandra is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1876.[2][3]
it is the largest endemic genus of flowering plants of New Caledonia.[1][4] Its closest relative is the Australian Niemeyera.[5]
^ abKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^Bentham, George. 1876. Genera plantarum :ad exemplaria imprimis in Herberiis Kewensibus servata definita /auctoribus G. Bentham et J.D. Hooker. page 658. in Latin
^Tropicos, Pycnandra Benth.
^Swenson, U., Nylinder, S. & Munzinger, J. (2013). Towards a natural classification of Sapotaceae subfamily Chrysophylloideae in Oceania and Southeast Asia based on nuclear sequence data. Taxon 62: 746-770.
^Swenson, U., S. Nylinder, and J. Munzinger. (2013) Towards a Natural Classification of Sapotaceae Subfamily Chrysophylloideae in Oceania and Southeast Asia Based on Nuclear Sequence Data.” Taxon 62 (4): 746–70.
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