''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 else ...
genus of flowering plants of
New Caledonia.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref> Its closest relative is the Australian '' Niemeyera''.[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
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