- Balanops
Taxobox
name = "Balanops"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Malpighiales
familia = Balanopaceae
familia_authority = Benth.
genus = "Balanops"
genus_authority = Baill.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text"Balanops" is a
genus offlowering plants . The nine species aretree s orshrub s, found inNew Caledonia ,Fiji and northernQueensland .The genus by itself constitutes the family Balanopaceae (formerly the spelling "Balanopsidaceae" was also used). The genus is a relatively poorly known, and was sometimes assigned its own order, as in the
Engler system .;Selected species:
*"Balanops australiana "
*"Balanops balansae "
*"Balanops pachyphylla "
*"Balanops vieillardii "
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