Balanops Explained

Balanops is a group of flowering plants described as a genus in 1871.^{[1] [2]} The nine species are trees or shrubs, found in New Caledonia, Fiji, Vanuatu, and northern Queensland.^[3] They are dioecious, with separate male and female plants.^[4]

The genus by itself constitutes the family Balanopaceae (formerly the spelling Balanopsidaceae was also used). It is placed in the order Malpighiales and is related to Chrysobalanaceae, Dichapetalaceae, Euphroniaceae and Trigoniaceae.

Species

1. Balanops australiana - Queensland
2. Balanops balansae - New Caledonia
3. Balanops microstachya - New Caledonia
4. Balanops oliviformis - New Caledonia
5. Balanops pachyphylla - New Caledonia
6. Balanops pancheri - New Caledonia
7. Balanops pedicellata - Vanuatu, Fiji
8. Balanops sparsifolia - New Caledonia
9. Balanops vieillardii- New Caledonia

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8066914#page/119/mode/1up Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1871. Adansonia 10: 117-119
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40024146 Tropicos, Balanops Baill.
3. Carlquist . Sherwin . Anatomy and systematics of Balanopaceae . Allertonia . 1980 . 2 . 3 . 191–246 . 23186109 .
4. Book: 10.1007/978-3-642-39417-1_2. Flowering Plants. Eudicots. 2014. Kubitzki. K.. Balanopaceae: Balanopaceae Benth. In Benth. & Hook., Gen. Pl. 3: 341 (1880), nom. Cons. ('Balanopseae'). . 9–11. 978-3-642-39416-4.