''Pytinicarpa'' is a genus 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 family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

. It includes five species native to

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and

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Species

Five species are accepted. *'' Pytinicarpa comptonii'' – west-northwest New Caledonia *'' Pytinicarpa kaalaensis'' – west-northwest New Caledonia *'' Pytinicarpa pickeringii'' – Fiji *'' Pytinicarpa sarasinii'' – west-northwest New Caledonia *'' Pytinicarpa tonitrui'' – northern New Caledonia

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10355602 Astereae Asteraceae genera Flora of the Southwestern Pacific Taxa named by Guy L. Nesom