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Pennantia

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Pennantiaceae J.Agardh

Rank
  
Genus

Order
  
Apiales

Scientific name
  
Pennantia

Pennantia TERRAIN Taranaki Educational Resource Research Analysis

Similar
  
Pennantia baylisiana, Pennantia corymbosa, Hochstetter's frog, Stemonuraceae, Icacinaceae

Pennantia is the sole genus in the plant family Pennantiaceae. In older classifications, it was placed in the family Icacinaceae. Most authorities have recognised three or four species, depending on whether they recognised Pennantia baylisiana as a separate species from Pennantia endlicheri. Mabberley, however, has recognised only two species. Pennantia species grow naturally in New Zealand, Norfolk Island, and eastern Australia. In Australia, P. cunninghamii grows across a broad latitudinal natural range (nearly 3,000 km (1,900 mi)), from the south coast of New South Wales northwards through to north eastern Queensland.

Pennantia TERRAIN Taranaki Educational Resource Research Analysis

Species

The following four species were recognised by Gardner and de Lange in 2002.

Pennantia TERRAIN Taranaki Educational Resource Research Analysis

  • Pennantia baylisiana, (W.R.B.Oliv.) G.T.S.Baylis – Three Kings Islands
  • Pennantia corymbosa J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., 'kaikōmako' – New Zealand
  • Pennantia cunninghamii Miers, 'Brown Beech' – NSW, Qld, Australia
  • Pennantia endlicheri Reissek – Norfolk Island

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    References

    Pennantia Wikipedia