''Campynemanthe '' is a

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in the

Campynemataceae Campynemataceae (Campynemaceae) is a Family (biology), family of flowering plants. The family consists of two genera and four species of perennial herbaceous plants endemism, endemic to New Caledonia and Tasmania. Taxonomy Originally described ...

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, first described by Henri Baillon in 1893. The entire genus is

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New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...

in the southwestern

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/ref> Its closest relative is the

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genus '' Campynema'' from

Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...

,Vinnersten, A., and K. Bremer. (2001). Age and Biogegraphy of Major Clades in Lilliales.” American Journal of Botany 88 (9): 1695–1703. the sole other genus of the family.

List of species

* ''

Campynemanthe neocaledonica ''Campynemanthe '' is a genus of plants in the Campynemataceae family, first described by Henri Baillon in 1893. The entire genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the southwestern Pacific. Its closest relative is the monotypic genus '' Campynema' ...

'' ( Rendle) Goldblatt * '' Campynemanthe parva'' Goldblatt 1986 * '' Campynemanthe viridiflora'' Baill. 1893

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* * Liliales genera Liliales Endemic flora of New Caledonia Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon {{liliales-stub