Sleumerodendron is a monotypic genus of plant in the family Proteaceae. The sole species is Sleumerodendron austrocaledonicum.

Sleumerodendron
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Subfamily: Grevilleoideae
Tribe: Macadamieae
Subtribe: Gevuininae
Genus: Sleumerodendron
R Virot in A. Aubreville
Species:
S. austrocaledonicum
Binomial name
Sleumerodendron austrocaledonicum
(Brongn. & Gris) Virot, 1968
Synonyms
  • Adenostephanus austrocaledonicus Brongn. & Gris

This species is endemic to New Caledonia.[2][3] It is closely related to Turrillia (Vanuatu, Fiji) and Kermadecia (New Caledonia),[4] where it has once been placed.

References

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  1. ^ Amice, R., Bruy, D., Butin, J.-P., Cazé, H., Fleurot, D., Hequet, V., Lannuzel, G., Laudereau, C., Mandaoué, L. & Vandrot, H. 2021. Sleumerodendron austrocaledonicum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T113239858A198677841. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T113239858A198677841.en. Accessed on 09 August 2023.
  2. ^ Virot, R. (1967). Protéacées. In Flore de La Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances, edited by A. Aubréville, 2:1–254. Paris: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.
  3. ^ "Sleumerodendron austrocaledonicum (Brongn. & Gris) Virot". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  4. ^ Mast, A. R., C. L. Willis, E. H. Jones, K. M. Downs, and P. H. Weston. (2008) A Smaller Macadamia from a More Vagile Tribe: Inference of Phylogenetic Relationships, Divergence Times, and Diaspore Evolution in Macadamia and Relatives (Tribe Macadamieae; Proteaceae). American Journal of Botany 95, no. 7 : 843–70.