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Genus of flowering plants

Balanops
Balanops australiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Balanopaceae
Benth. & Hook.f.
Genus: Balanops
Baill.
Synonyms
  • Ternstroemiacearum Seem.
  • Trilocularia Schltr.
Balanops vieillardii line drawing

Balanops is a group of flowering plants described as a genus in 1871. The nine species are trees or shrubs, found in New Caledonia, Fiji, Vanuatu, and northern Queensland. They are dioecious, with separate male and female plants.

The genus by itself constitutes the family Balanopaceae (formerly the spelling Balanopsidaceae was also used). It is placed in the order Malpighiales and is related to Chrysobalanaceae, Dichapetalaceae, Euphroniaceae and Trigoniaceae.

Species

  1. Balanops australiana - Queensland
  2. Balanops balansae - New Caledonia
  3. Balanops microstachya - New Caledonia
  4. Balanops oliviformis - New Caledonia
  5. Balanops pachyphylla - New Caledonia
  6. Balanops pancheri - New Caledonia
  7. Balanops pedicellata - Vanuatu, Fiji
  8. Balanops sparsifolia - New Caledonia
  9. Balanops vieillardii- New Caledonia

References

  1. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (October 2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. hdl:10654/18083.
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1871. Adansonia 10: 117-119 in Latin
  4. Tropicos, Balanops Baill.
  5. Carlquist, Sherwin (1980). "Anatomy and systematics of Balanopaceae". Allertonia. 2 (3): 191–246. JSTOR 23186109.
  6. Kubitzki, K. (2014). "Balanopaceae: Balanopaceae Benth. In Benth. & Hook., Gen. Pl. 3: 341 (1880), nom. Cons. ('Balanopseae').". Flowering Plants. Eudicots. pp. 9–11. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-39417-1_2. ISBN 978-3-642-39416-4.
Families of flowering plants (APG IV)
Basalangiosperms
Amborellales
Nymphaeales
Austrobaileyales
Mesangiospermae
Magnoliidae
Canellales
Piperales
Magnoliales
Laurales
Chloranthidae
Chloranthales
Lilidae
(Monocots)
Acorales
Alismatales
Petrosaviales
Dioscoreales
Pandanales
Liliales
Asparagales
Arecales
Commelinales
Zingiberales
Poales
Ceratophyllidae
Ceratophyllales
Eudicots
Buxales
Proteales
Ranunculales
Trochodendrales
Dilleniales
Gunnerales
Superrosids
Saxifragales
Rosids
Vitales
Fabids
Cucurbitales
Fabales
Fagales
Rosales
Zygophyllales
Celastrales
Malpighiales
Oxalidales
Malvids
Brassicales
Crossosomatales
Geraniales
Huerteales
Malvales
Myrtales
Picramniales
Sapindales
Superasterids
Berberidopsidales
Caryophyllales
Santalales
Asterids
Cornales
Ericales
Lamiids
Icacinales
Metteniusales
Garryales
Gentianales
Boraginales
Vahliales
Solanales
Lamiales
Campanulids
Apiales
Aquifoliales
Asterales
Bruniales
Dipsacales
Escalloniales
Paracryphiales
Taxon identifiers
Balanops


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