Hachettea

Hachettea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Santalales
Family:	Balanophoraceae
Genus:	Hachettea; Baill.
Species:	H. austrocaledonica
Binomial name
	Hachettea austrocaledonica; Baill.

Hachettea austrocaledonica is a species of parasitic plant in the Balanophoraceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia and the only species of the genus Hachettea.[1] Its closest relative is Dactylanthus from New Zealand.[2]

References

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.
Su, Huei-Jiun, Jer-Ming Hu, Frank E. Anderson, Joshua P. Der, and Daniel L. Nickrent. (2015) Phylogenetic Relationships of Santalales with Insights into the Origins of Holoparasitic Balanophoraceae. Taxon 64 (3): 491–506. doi:10.12705/643.2.

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[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.

[2] Su, Huei-Jiun, Jer-Ming Hu, Frank E. Anderson, Joshua P. Der, and Daniel L. Nickrent. (2015) Phylogenetic Relationships of Santalales with Insights into the Origins of Holoparasitic Balanophoraceae. Taxon 64 (3): 491–506. doi:10.12705/643.2.