Planchonella glauca

Planchonella glauca is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. As with other species in the same genus it possesses stamens that are located below (and rarely in) the tube orifice; a multi-seeded fruit, as well as foliaceous cotyledons embedded in endosperm.[1]

Planchonella glauca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Genus: Planchonella
Species:
P. glauca
Binomial name
Planchonella glauca
Swenson, Munzinger & Bartish, 2007

References

  1. Swenson, Ulf, Jérôme Munzinger, and Igor V. Bartish. "Molecular phylogeny of Planchonella (Sapotaceae) and eight new species from New Caledonia."Taxon (2007): 329-354.

Further reading

  • Munzinger, Jérôme, and Ulf Swenson. "Three new species of Planchonella Pierre (Sapotaceae) with a dichotomous and an online key to the genus in New Caledonia." Adansonia 31.1 (2009): 175–189.
  • Swenson, Ulf, Igor V. Bartish, and Jérôme Munzinger. "Phylogeny, diagnostic characters and generic limitation of Australasian Chrysophylloideae (Sapotaceae, Ericales): evidence from ITS sequence data and morphology." Cladistics 23.3 (2007): 201–228.
  • "Planchonella glauca". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew via The Plant List.


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