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Revision of Pennantia (Icacinaceae), a small isolated genus of Southern Hemisphere trees

Rhys O. Gardner

Auckland War Memorial Museum, Private Bag 92 018, Auckland, New Zealand.

Peter J. de Lange*

Science and Research Unit, Department of Conservation, Private Bag 68 908, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand.

*Author for correspondence.

Abstract   Four species of Pennantia are accepted: P. cunninghamii (eastern Australia), P. endlicheri (Norfolk Island), P. baylisiana (Three Kings Islands), and P. corymbosa (New Zealand mainland). The monotypic section Dermatocarpus is maintained for P. cunninghamii, since this species has elevated (not sessile) stigmas and coriaceous (not bony) endocarps. P. baylisiana, known in the wild from a single female plant, is separated from P. endlicheri by several vegetative and floral features, including well-developed domatia and differently structured stigmas.

Keywords   Icacinaceae; Pennantia; morphology; taxonomy; conservation; south-west Pacific Ocean flora

R01022 Received 3 December 2001; accepted 9 August 2002; published 26 November 2002
© Journal of The Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 32, Number 4, December 2002, pp 669-695

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