Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Malpighiales Martius
Family
Phyllanthaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Poranthera Rudge (1810)
Synonymy:
  • = Oreoporanthera Hutch., Amer. J. Bot. 56: 747 (1969)
 Description

Plants monoec. or dioec.; fls solitary to subumbellately or cymosely arranged, 5-merous; calyx petaloid, deeply lobed; petals present, smaller than calyx, or absent. Anthers ± 4-celled, the cells opening by a terminal pore. Ovary depressed-globular, 6-lobed, 3-celled; styles 3. Fr. capsular, splitting into 3 2-valved cocci.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Poranthera Rudge
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)1
Indigenous (Non-endemic)1
Total2
 Bibliography
Halford, D.A., Henderson, R.J.F. 2005: Studies in Euphorbiaceae, s. lat. 6. A revision of the genus Poranthera Rudge (Antidesmeae, Porantherinae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 7(1): 1–27.
Hutchinson, J. 1969: Tribalism in the Family Euphorbiaceae. American Journal of Botany 56: 738–758.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.