Virotia

Virotia is a genus of six species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia with six species that were once placed in Macadamia.^[1] Its closest relatives are the Australian Athertonia and the Asian Heliciopsis.^[2] The genus is named after Robert Virot, pioneer of ecological studies in New Caledonia and author of a monograph of New Caledonian Proteaceae.

Virotia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Subfamily:	Grevilleoideae
Tribe:	Macadamieae
Subtribe:	Virotiinae
Genus:	Virotia L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs

Species

• Virotia angustifolia (Virot) P.H.Weston & A.R.Mast (basionym: Macadamia angustifolia Virot)
• Virotia francii (Guillaumin) P.H.Weston & A.R.Mast (basionym: Roupala francii Guillaumin)
• Virotia leptophylla (Guillaumin) L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs (basionym: Kermadecia leptophylla Guillaumin)
• Virotia neurophylla (Guillaumin) P.H.Weston & A.R.Mast (basionym: Kermadecia neurophylla Guillaumin)
• Virotia rousselii (Vieill.) P.H.Weston & A.R.Mast (basionym: Roupala rousselii Vieill)
• Virotia vieillardi (Brongn. & Gris) P.H.Weston & A.R.Mast (basionym: Roupala vieillardii Brongn. & Gris)

References

1. Virot, R. (1967). Protéacées. In Flore de La Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances, edited by A. Aubréville, 2:1–254. Paris: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.
2. Mast, A.; et al. (2008). "A smaller Macadamia from a more vagile tribe: inference of phylogenetic relationships, divergence times, and diaspore evolution in Macadamia and relatives (tribe Macadamieae; Proteaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 95 (7): 843–870. doi:10.3732/ajb.0700006. PMID 21632410.