''Dutailliopsis gordonii'' is a species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s in the

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

genus of ''Dutailliopsis'' and belongs to the family

Rutaceae The Rutaceae is a family, commonly known as the rueRUTACEAE
in BoDD – Botanical Derm ...

. Its native range is the island of

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. The genus name of ''Dutailliopsis'' is in honour of

Gustave Dutailly Gustave Dutailly (2 August 1846, in Meuvy (Haute-Marne) – 4 February 1906) was a French botanist, politician and art collector. He studied plant physiology in Paris, and in the meantime made contributions to the ''Dictionnaire de botanique''.

(1846–1906), a French botanist, politician and art collector, it was published and described in Adansonia séries 3, Vol.19 on page 210 in 1997. The epithet of ''gordonii'' comes from the middle name of the American plant author,

Thomas Gordon Hartley Thomas Gordon Hartley (9 January 1931 in Beaumont, Texas – 8 March 2016 in Canberra, Australia) was an American botanist. Biography In 1955 Hartley graduated in botany with the academic degree Bachelor of Science at the University of Wisconsin-E ...

. It is found in dense lowland humid forest on an

ultramafic Ultramafic rocks (also referred to as ultrabasic rocks, although the terms are not wholly equivalent) are igneous and meta-igneous rocks with a very low silica content (less than 45%), generally >18% MgO, high FeO, low potassium, and are composed ...

substrate at an altitudinal range 150-200 m above sea level. It is under threat due to habitat degradation by an invasive species (feral pigs).

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q15930463, from2=Q15390467 Zanthoxyloideae Zanthoxyloideae genera Monotypic Rutaceae genera Plants described in 1997 Flora of New Caledonia