Salaciopsis

Salaciopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Salaciopsis
Baker f.
Synonyms[1]

Lecardia Poiss. ex Guillaumin

Salaciopsis is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Celastraceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains six species.[2][3]

Species

Six species are accepted.[1]

  • Salaciopsis glomerata Hürl.
  • Salaciopsis longistyla I.H. Müller
  • Salaciopsis megaphylla (J.Poiss. ex Guillaumin) Loes.
  • Salaciopsis neocaledonica Baker f.
  • Salaciopsis sparsifolia Hürl.
  • Salaciopsis tiwakae I.H.Müller

References

  1. 1 2 "Salaciopsis Baker f." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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