Phelline

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.

References

1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. hdl:10654/18083. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
2. IPNI (2022). "Phelline Labill., Sert. Austro-Caledon. 35, t. 38 (1824)". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
3. Barriera, G. (27 September 2017). "Novitates neocaledonicae. VIII. Taxonomie et nomenclature du genre Phelline (Phellinaceae) avec la description de la nouvelle espèce Phelline barrierei" [Novitates neocaledonicae. VIII. Taxonomy and nomenclature of the genus Phelline (Phellinaceae) with the description of the new species Phelline barrierei]. Candollea (in French). 72 (2). Switzerland: Conservatory and Botanical Garden of the City of Geneva: 361–370. doi:10.15553/c2017v722a14. S2CID 90998404. Retrieved 2022-12-15 – via Zenodo.
4. Kårehed, J.; Lundberg, J.; Bremer, B.; Bremer, K. (1999). "Evolution of the Australasian Families Alseuosmiaceae, Argophyllaceae, and Phellinaceae". Systematic Botany. 24 (4). American Society of Plant Taxonomists: 660–682. doi:10.2307/2419649. JSTOR 2419649. S2CID 84149554. Retrieved 2022-12-15 – via ResearchGate.
5. POWO (2022). "Phillene Labill". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-12-15.