Zygogynum Explained

Zygogynum is a genus of plant in the winter's bark family Winteraceae. 19 species are native to New Caledonia, and are pollinated primarily by beetles and moths.[1] Other species are native to New Guinea (21 species), the Bismarck Archipelago (1 species), the Solomon Islands (2 species), Lord Howe Island (1 species), and Queensland (2 species).[2]

This genus is interesting for having the greatest range in the number of stamens in any genus: as few as three or as many as 370; a 123 fold difference in the number of stamens. The number of carpels can range from one to as many as fifty.[3]

Species

The genus includes 45 accepted species:[2]

Notes and References

  1. Pellmyr . O. . Thien . L. B. . Bergström . G. . Groth . I. . Pollination of New Caledonian Winteraceae: Opportunistic shifts or parallel radiation with their pollinators? . 10.1007/BF00940859 . Plant Systematics and Evolution . 173 . 3–4 . 143 . 1990 . 1990PSyEv.173..143P . 7894633 .
  2. "Zygogynum Baill." Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 24 April 2022.
  3. Book: Kubitzki, Klaus . 1993 . Families and Genera of Vascular Plants . Berlin . Springer Verlag . 2 . 637.