Menepetalum is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Celastraceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains four species.Müller, I.H. (1996). Celastraceae. In Flore de La Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances, edited by P. Morat, 20:3–74. Paris: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.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 Its closest relative is Dinghoua from Australia.Simmons, M. P., M. J. McKenna, C. D. Bacon, K. Yakobson, J. J. Cappa, R. H. Archer, and A. J. Ford. (2012) Phylogeny of Celastraceae Tribe Euonymeae Inferred from Morphological Characters and Nuclear and Plastid Genes.” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62 (1): 9–20.
List of species Menepetalum cassinoides Menepetalum cathioides Menepetalum salicifolium Menepetalum schlechteri
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