Pancheria Explained
Pancheria is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Cunoniaceae. It is to endemic to New Caledonia and contains 27 species. Leaves or whorled (or opposite in Pancheria confusa), simple or pinnate. The flowers are arranged in capitula, fruits are follicular. The species are dioecious. The genus is well diversified on ultramafic rocks and some species are nickel hyperaccumulators. It is related to Cunonia and Pterophylla.[1] It was named after Jean Armand Isidore Pancher.
List of species
(all endemic to New Caledonia)
- Pancheria ajiearoana
- Pancheria alaternoides
- Pancheria beauverdiana
- Pancheria billardieri
- Pancheria brunhesii
- Pancheria calophylla
- Pancheria communis
- Pancheria confusa
- Pancheria dognyensis
- Pancheria elegans
- Pancheria engleriana
- Pancheria ferruginea
- Pancheria gatopensis
- Pancheria × heterophylla
- Pancheria hirsuta
- Pancheria humboldtiana
- Pancheria × lanceolata
- Pancheria mcphersonii
- Pancheria minima
- Pancheria multijuga
- Pancheria ouaiemensis
- Pancheria phillyreoides
- Pancheria reticulata
- Pancheria robusta
- Pancheria rubrivenia
- Pancheria ternata
- Pancheria xaragurensis
Notes and References
- Bradford, J. C. (2002) Molecular Phylogenetics and Morphological Evolution in Cunonieae (Cunoniaceae).” Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 89: 491–503.
