Deltaria
Genus of flowering plants
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Deltaria brachyblastophora is a species of shrub in the Thymelaeaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia and the only species of the genus Deltaria.[2] It is related to Arnhemia, Gonystylus, Lethedon and Solmsia.[3]
| Deltaria | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Thymelaeaceae |
| Subfamily: | Octolepidoideae |
| Genus: | Deltaria Steenis |
| Species: | D. brachyblastophora |
| Binomial name | |
| Deltaria brachyblastophora Steenis | |
The species grows only in the Koumac region in the north-west of Grande Terre. It grows in scrubland and gallery forest in the dry forest ecoregion from 12 to 600 metres elevation.[1]
