''Campynemanthe '' is a

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in the

Campynemataceae Campynemataceae (Campynemaceae) is a family of flowering plants. The family consists of two genera and four species of perennial herbaceous plants endemic to New Caledonia and Tasmania. Taxonomy Originally described by Dumortier in 1829, ...

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, first described by

Henri Baillon Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on b ...

in 1893. The entire genus is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

to New Caledonia in the southwestern

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/ref> Its closest relative is the

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genus ''

Campynema ''Campynema'' is a genus in the family Campynemataceae first described in 1805. It contains only one known species (monotypic), ''Campynema lineare'', endemic to the island of Tasmania in Australia. Its closest relative is '' Campynemanthe'', e ...

'' from

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

List of species

* '' Campynemanthe neocaledonica'' ( Rendle) Goldblatt * ''

Campynemanthe parva ''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'' ...

'' Goldblatt 1986 * ''

Campynemanthe viridiflora ''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'' ...

Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on b ...

1893

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Bibliography

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