Jaffrea

Jaffrea
Jaffrea xerocarpa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Jaffrea
H.C.Hopkins & Pillon

Jaffrea is a genus of shrubs in the family Rhamnaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains two species[1] that were first described in Alphitonia. It is related to Emmenosperma.

List of species

  • Jaffrea erubescens (Baill.) H.C.Hopkins & Pillon
  • Jaffrea xerocarpa (Baill.) H.C.Hopkins & Pillon

References

  1. ↑ Hopkins, Helen C. F., Yohan Pillon, Elizabeth A. Stacy, and J. Kellermann. (2015) Jaffrea, a New Genus of Rhamnaceae Endemic to New Caledonia, with Notes on Alphitonia and Emmenosperma. Kew Bulletin 70, no. 4: 42. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12225-015-9593-6
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