Canacomyrica

Taxobox
name = "Canacomyrica"
status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fagales
familia = Myricaceae
genus = "Canacomyrica"
genus_authority = Guillaumin
species = "C. monticola"
binomial = "Canacomyrica monticola"
binomial_authority = Guillaumin

"Canacomyrica" is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Myricaceae, native to New Caledonia. The sole species is "Canacomyrica monticola", an endangered tree or small shrub, endemic to ultramafic serpentine soils.

References

*Kubitzki, K. (1993). In Kubitzki, K. (Series Editor): "The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants", Vol.2: K. Kubitzki, Rohwer, J. G., & Bittrich, V. (volume editors), p. 456. Springer-Verlag Berlin ISBN 3-540-55509-9.
*Herbert, J., Chase, M. W., Möller, M., & Abbott, R. J. (2006). Nuclear and plastid DNA sequences confirm the placement of the enigmatic "Canacomyrica monticola" in Myricaceae. "Taxon" 55(2): 349-357.

External links

* [http://www.endemia.nc/plante/fiche.php?code=423 Site Association Endémia from New Caledonia with photos of "Canacomyrica monticola"]