Gastrolepis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Aquifoliales

Familia: Stemonuraceae
Genus: Gastrolepis
Species: G. alticola – G. austrocaledonica
Name

Gastrolepis Tiegh. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 44: 115. (1897)

Type species: Gastrolepis austrocaledonica (Baill.) R.A.Howard J. Arnold Arbor. xxi. 481. (1940)

References

Tieghem, P.E.L. van 1897. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 44: 115.
Munzinger, J., McPherson, G. & Lowry, P.P. 2008. A second species in the endemic New Caledonian genus Gastrolepis (Stemonuraceae) and its implications for the conservation status of high‐altitude maquis vegetation: coherent application of the IUCN Red List criteria is urgently needed in New Caledonia. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 157(4): 775–783. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2008.00804.x Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Gastrolepis. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 8 2016.
Tropicos.org 2016. Gastrolepis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Oct. 8.

Gastrolepis is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Stemonuraceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains two species.[1][2]
List of species

Gastrolepis alticola Munzinger, McPherson & Lowry
Gastrolepis austrocaledonica (Baill.) R.A. Howard

References

Munzinger, J., McPherson, G., & Lowry, P. P. (2008). A second species in the endemic New Caledonian genus Gastrolepis (Stemonuraceae) and its implications for the conservation status of high‐altitude maquis vegetation: coherent application of the IUCN Red List criteria is urgently needed in New Caledonia. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 157(4), 775-783. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2008.00804.x
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