Campynemanthe Explained

Campynemanthe is a genus of plants in the Campynemataceae family, first described by Henri Baillon in 1893.^[1] The entire genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the southwestern Pacific.^{[2] [3]} Its closest relative is the monotypic genus Campynema from Tasmania,^[4] sole other genus of the family.

List of species

• Campynemanthe neocaledonica (Rendle) Goldblatt
• Campynemanthe parva Goldblatt 1986
• Campynemanthe viridiflora Baill. 1893

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Bibliography

• Baillon. M. H.. Henri Baillon. L'organisation et les affinités des Campynémées. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris. 1 November 1893. 2. 140. 1105–1109. french.
• Dahlgren. Rolf. Lu. An-ming. Campynemanthe (Campynemaceae): Morphology, microsporogenesis, early ovule ontogeny and relationships. Nordic Journal of Botany. 1985. 5. 4. 321–330. 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1985.tb01660.x.

Notes and References

1. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40000497 Tropicos, Campynemanthe Baill.
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=301910 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Goldblatt, P. “Campynemataceae.” In Flore de La Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances, edited by P. Morat and H. S. MacKee, 16:125–34. Paris: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 1990.
4. Vinnersten, A., and K. Bremer. (2001). Age and Biogegraphy of Major Clades in Lilliales.” American Journal of Botany 88 (9): 1695–1703.