Maxwellia lepidota

Maxwellia lepidota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Maxwellia
Species: M. lepidota
Binomial name
Maxwellia lepidota
Baill.

Maxwellia lepidota is a species of shrubs or trees in the Malvaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia and the only species of the genus Maxwellia.[1] Its closest relatives are all Australian genera in tribe Lasiopetaleae: Guichenotia, Hannafordia, Lysiosepalum, Lasiopetalum and Thomasia.[2]

References

  1. Morat, P., T. Jaffré, F. Tronchet, J. Munzinger, Y. Pillon, J. M. Veillon, and M. Chalopin (2012). "The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia". Adansonia. 34 (2): 179–221. doi:10.5252/a2012n2a1.
  2. Whitlock, B. A., A. M. Hale, J. L. Indorf, and C. F. Wilkins. (2011) Polyphyly of Rulingia and Commersonia (Lasiopetaleae, Malvaceae S.l.).” Australian Systematic Botany 24 (4-5): 215–25.


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