Phelline
Genus of shrubs
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Phelline is a genus of shrubs and the sole member of the family Phellinaceae, a family of flowering plants endemic to New Caledonia.[3] It is placed in the order Asterales and is related to two other small plant families: Alseuosmiaceae and Argophyllaceae.[4] It contains ten species.[3]
| Phelline | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Phellinaceae Takht.[1] |
| Genus: | Phelline Labill. |
| Type species | |
| Phelline comosa Labill.[2] | |
Species
All species in the genus are endemic to New Caledonia.[3] The ten species are listed below.[5]
- Phelline barrierei Barriera & Schlüssel
- Phelline billardierei Pancher ex Loes.
- Phelline brachyphylla Baill.
- Phelline comosa Labill.
- Phelline dumbeaensis Guillaumin
- Phelline erubescens Baill.
- Phelline gracilior (Loes.) Barriera
- Phelline indivisa (Baill.) Harms & Loes.
- Phelline lucida Vieill. ex Baill.
- Phelline macrophylla Baill.
