Longetia

Longetia
Longetia buxoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Tribe: Caletieae
Subtribe: Dissiliariinae
Genus: Longetia
Baill.
Species:
L. buxoides
Binomial name
Longetia buxoides
Synonyms
  • Austrobuxus buxoides (Baill.) Airy Shaw
  • Austrobuxus gracilis Airy Shaw
  • Austrobuxus pisocarpus Airy Shaw

Longetia is a genus of plants under the family Picrodendraceae first described as a genus in 1866. It has only one known species, Longetia buxoides, endemic to New Caledonia.

formerly included

moved to other genera: Austrobuxus Scagea

  1. L. carunculata - Austrobuxus carunculatus
  2. L. clusiacea - Austrobuxus clusiaceus
  3. L. depauperata - Scagea depauperata
  4. L. eugeniifolia - Austrobuxus eugeniifolius
  5. L. gynotricha - Scagea oligostemon
  6. L. malayana - Austrobuxus nitidus
  7. L. montana - Austrobuxus nitidus
  8. L. nitida - Austrobuxus nitidus
  9. L. swainii - Austrobuxus swainii