Kibaropsis

Kibaropsis is a monotypic genus of plant in the Monimiaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia. Its only species is Kibaropsis caledonica.[1] Phylogenetic studies suggest that it is nested in the more widespread genus Hedycarya,[2] where it has once been placed.

Kibaropsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Monimiaceae
Genus: Kibaropsis
Vieillard ex Jérémie
Species:
K. caledonica
Binomial name
Kibaropsis caledonica
(Guillaumin) Jérémie
Synonyms
  • Hedycarya caledonica Guillaumin

References
  1. Jérémie, J. (1982) Monimiacées. In Flore de La Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances, edited by A. Aubréville and J. F. Leroy, 11:127–55. Paris: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.
  2. Renner, S. S., J. S. Strijk, D. Strasberg, and C. Thébaud. (2010) Biogeography of the Monimiaceae (Laurales): A Role for East Gondwana and Long-Distance Dispersal, but Not West Gondwana. Journal of Biogeography 37: 1227–38.
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