Peripterygia Explained

Peripterygia marginata is a species of shrubs in the family Celastraceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia and the only species of the genus Peripterygia.^{[1] [2]} Its closest relatives are Crossopetalum and Siphonodon.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Müller, I.H. (1996). Celastraceae. In Flore de La Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances, edited by P. Morat, 20:3–74. Paris: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.
2. Morat, P., T. Jaffré, F. Tronchet, J. Munzinger, Y. Pillon, J. M. Veillon, and M. Chalopin (2012). The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia. Adansonia 34 (2): 179–221.
3. Simmons, Mark, Christine D. Bacon, J. J. Cappa, and M. J. McKenna. (20102) Phylogeny of Celastraceae Subfamilies Cassinoideae and Tripterygioideae Inferred from Morphological Characters and Nuclear and Plastid Loci.” Systematic Botany 37(2): 456–67. doi:10.1600/036364412X635502.