''Pycnandra'' is a genus of trees in the family

Sapotaceae 240px, '' Madhuca longifolia'' var. ''latifolia'' in Narsapur, Medak district, India The Sapotaceae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants belonging to the order (biology), order Ericales. The family includes about 800 species of ev ...

described as a genus in 1876. it is the largest

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

genus of flowering plants of

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/ref> Its closest relative is the Australian ''

Niemeyera ''Niemeyera'' is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1870. The entire genus is endemic to Australia (States of Queensland and New South Wales). Its closest relative is ''Pycnandra'' from New Caledonia.Swenson, U., ...

''.Swenson, U., S. Nylinder, and J. Munzinger. (2013) Towards a Natural Classification of Sapotaceae Subfamily Chrysophylloideae in Oceania and Southeast Asia Based on Nuclear Sequence Data.” Taxon 62 (4): 746–70.

List of species

References

Sapotaceae genera Flora of New Caledonia Endemic flora of New Caledonia Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Sapotaceae-stub