Wittsteinia balansae

Wittsteinia balansae is a species of shrub in the Alseuosmiaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia. It was originally described in its own genus Periomphale.[1][2]

Wittsteinia balansae
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Alseuosmiaceae
Genus: Wittsteinia
Species:
W. balansae
Binomial name
Wittsteinia balansae
(Baill.) Steenis
Synonyms
  • Periomphale balansae Baill.
  • Memecylanthus neocaledonicus Gilg & Schltr.
  • Pachydiscus gaultherioides Gilg & Schltr.
  • Periomphale gaultherioides (Gilg & Schltr.) Steenis
  • Periomphale neocaledonica (Gilg & Schltr.) Steenis
  • Periomphale pancheri Baill.
  • Pittosporum penduliflorum Baker f.

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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