''Longetia'' is a
genus
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of
plant
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s under the
family
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Picrodendraceae
Picrodendraceae is a family of flowering plants, consisting of 80 species in 24 genera.Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/ These are subtropical to tropical ...
first described as a genus in 1866. It has only one known species, ''Longetia buxoides'',
endemic
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to
New Caledonia
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[
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'' ''Scagea
''Scagea'' is a genus of plants under the family Picrodendraceae described as a genus in 1986.
The entire genus is endemic to New Caledonia
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See also
*Taxonomy of the Picrodendraceae
As the family Picrodendraceae is erected from the bases of subfamily Oldfieldioideae, its taxonomy remains the same:
Tribe Caletieae
There are 4 subtribes and 13 genera:
:Subtribe Dissiliariinae
::''Austrobuxus'' (also ''Buraeavia'', ''Bureaua ...
References
Picrodendraceae
Monotypic Malpighiales genera
Endemic flora of New Caledonia
Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon
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