Pycnandra Explained

Pycnandra is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1876.^{[1] [2]}

it is the largest endemic genus of flowering plants of New Caledonia.^{[3] [4]} Its closest relative is the Australian Niemeyera.^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/657814#page/133/mode/1up Bentham, George. 1876. Genera plantarum :ad exemplaria imprimis in Herberiis Kewensibus servata definita /auctoribus G. Bentham et J.D. Hooker. page 658.
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40020975 Tropicos, Pycnandra Benth.
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=171015 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. 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.
5. 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.