Thiollierea Explained

Thiollierea is a genus of shrubs in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains 16 species^{[1] [2] [3]} which used to be placed in the genera Bikkia^[4] or Morierina^[5]

List of species

• Thiollierea artensis
• Thiollierea campanulata
• Thiollierea dagostinii
• Thiollierea kaalaensis
• Thiollierea laureana
• Thiollierea lenormandii
• Thiollierea macrophylla
• Thiollierea montana
• Thiollierea naounarum
• Thiollierea pachyphylla
• Thiollierea papineaui
• Thiollierea parviflora
• Thiollierea propinqua
• Thiollierea retusiflora
• Thiollierea rigaultii
• Thiollierea tubiflora

Notes and References

1. 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. https://dx.doi.org/10.5252/a2012n2a1
2. Mouly, A. (2016). Une nouvelle espèce de Thiollierea Montrouz.(Rubiaceae), micro-endémique du massif minier de Poum (Nouvelle-Calédonie). Candollea 71: 99-104 https://dx.doi.org/10.15553/c2016v711a12.
3. Barrabé L. & Fleurot D. 2021. — Deux espèces nouvelles de Thiollierea Montrouz. (Rubiaceae), endémiques des massifs Nord-Ouest de la Grande Terre (Nouvelle-Calédonie). Adansonia, sér. 3, 43 (5): 37-47. https://doi.org/10.5252/adansonia2021v43a5.
4. Barrabé, L., A. Mouly, P. P. Lowry, and J. Munzinger. (2011)Reinstatement of the Endemic New Caledonian Genus Thiollierea Montrouz. (Rubiaceae) Necessitated by the Polyphyly of Bikkia Reinw. as Currently Circumscribed.” Adansonia 33, no. 1: 115–34.
5. Paudyal, S. K., Delprete, P. G., Neupane, S., & Motley, T. J. (2018). Molecular phylogenetic analysis and generic delimitations in tribe Chiococceae (Cinchonoideae, Rubiaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 187(3): 365–396, https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boy029.