Menepetalum
Genus of shrubs
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Menepetalum is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Celastraceae.[1][2] The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains four species.[3][4] Its closest relative is Dinghoua from Australia.[5]
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- Menepetalum cassinoides Loes.
- Menepetalum cathioides Loes.
- Menepetalum salicifolium Loes.
- Menepetalum schlechteri Loes.
"Menepetalum Loes". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved June 29, 2025. Müller, I.H. (1996). Celastraceae. In Flore de La Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances, edited by P. Morat, 20:3–74. Paris: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.
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. https://dx.doi.org/10.5252/a2012n2a1 Simmons, M. P., M. J. McKenna, C. D. Bacon, K. Yakobson, J. J. Cappa, R. H. Archer, and A. J. Ford. (2012) Phylogeny of Celastraceae Tribe Euonymeae Inferred from Morphological Characters and Nuclear and Plastid Genes.” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62 (1): 9–20.
