Daenikera corallina is a plant parasite species in the Santalaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia and the only species of the genus Daenikera.[1][2] Its closest relative is Amphorogyne, also endemic to New Caledonia.[3]

Daenikera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Santalaceae
Genus: Daenikera
Hürl. & Stauffer
Species:
D. corallina
Binomial name
Daenikera corallina
Hürl. & Stauffer

References

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  1. ^ Hallé, N. (1988) Santalaceae. In Flore de La Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances, edited by P. Morat and H. S. MacKee, 15: 99–152. 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.
  3. ^ Der, J. P., and D. L. Nickrent. (2008. A Molecular Phylogeny of Santalaceae (Santalales).” Systematic Botany 33 (1): 107–16.