Cloezia Explained

Cloezia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1863.[1] [2] The entire genus is endemic to New Caledonia.[3] It is related to Thaleropia, Tristania and Xanthomyrtus.[4]

Species

  1. Cloezia aquarum
  2. Cloezia artensis
  3. Cloezia buxifolia
  4. Cloezia deplanchei
  5. Cloezia floribunda
  6. Cloezia × glaberrima

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/251629#page/581/mode/1up Brongniart, Adolphe Théodore & Gris, Jean Antoine Arthur. 1864. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 10: 576-577
  2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40010545 Tropicos, Cloezia Brongn. & Gris
  3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=43811 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Biffin, E., E. J. Lucas, L. A. Craven, J. Ribeiro da Costa, M. G. Harrington, and M. D. Crisp. (2010) Evolution of Exceptional Species Richness among Lineages of Fleshy-Fruited Myrtaceae.” Annals of Botany 106: 79–93.