Nephrodesmus

Nephrodesmus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It contains four species, all endemic to New Caledonia.[1][2] Its closest relatives is Arthroclianthus, also endemic to New Caledonia[3] and their distinction has been challenged.[4]

Nephrodesmus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Desmodieae
Genus: Nephrodesmus
Schindl. (1916)
Species[1]
  • Nephrodesmus francii (Harms) Schindl.
  • Nephrodesmus hochreutineri Schindl.
  • Nephrodesmus parvifolius Schindl.
  • Nephrodesmus sericeus (Hochr.) Schindl.

References
  1. Nephrodesmus Schindl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  2. 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
  3. Egan, Ashley N., Mohammad Vatanparast, and William Cagle. (2016) Parsing Polyphyletic Pueraria: Delimiting Distinct Evolutionary Lineages through Phylogeny.” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 104: 44–59. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.08.001.
  4. Jabbour, F., Gaudeul, M., Lambourdière, J., Ramstein, G., Hassanin, A., Labat, J. N., & Sarthou, C. (2018). Phylogeny, biogeography and character evolution in the tribe Desmodieae (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae), with special emphasis on the New Caledonian endemic genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 118:108-121 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.017


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