Periomphale

Periomphale balansae is a species of shrub in the Alseuosmiaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia and the only species of the genus Periomphale.[1][2] It has sometimes been included in the genus Wittsteinia.

Periomphale
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Alseuosmiaceae
Genus: Periomphale
Baill.
Species:
P. balansae
Binomial name
Periomphale balansae
Synonyms
  • Memecylanthus Gilg & Schltr. 1906
  • Pachydiscus Gilg & Schltr. 1906

References

  1. Tirel, C., and J. Jérémie. (1996) Alseuosmiaceae. In Flore de La Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances, edited by P. Morat, 20:100–106. Paris: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.
  2. 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.
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