''Dubouzetia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of about eleven species known to science, growing from shrubs up to large trees, in

Papuasia Papuasia is a Level 2 botanical region defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It lies in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in the Melanesia ecoregion of Oceania and Tropical Asia. It comprises th ...

and

Australasia Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising Australia, New Zealand (overlapping with Polynesia), and sometimes including New Guinea and surrounding islands (overlapping with Melanesia). The term is used in a number of different context ...

and constituting part of the plant family

Elaeocarpaceae Elaeocarpaceae is a family of flowering plants. The family contains approximately 615 species of trees and shrubs in 12 genera."Elaeocarpaceae" In: Klaus Kubitzki (ed.). ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants'' vol. VI. Springer-Verlag: Ber ...

. They grow naturally in

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 ...

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

, the

Moluccas The Maluku Islands ( ; , ) or the Moluccas ( ; ) are an archipelago in the eastern part of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located in West Melanesi ...

, and in Australia in the Northern Territory and north-eastern

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

. Some species grow from understorey trees up to large trees in the natural habitats of rainforests, some species grow up to smaller shrubs in drier forests and in Australia two rare species occur, only known from sandstone rocky outcrops. In Australia, the very restricted north-eastern Queensland endemic species ''D. saxatilis'' has official recognition of its risk of extinction in the wild by the Queensland state government's official "vulnerable" species conservation status.

Naming and classification

In 1861 European science formally named and described this genus and its New Caledonia type species ''D. campanulata'', authored by the French botanists

Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart () FRS FRSE FGS (14 January 1801 – 18 February 1876) was a French botanist. He was the son of the geologist Alexandre Brongniart and grandson of the architect, Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart. Brongniart's pioneerin ...

& Jean Antoine Arthur Gris. Many species' formal names and descriptions were published since that time, together with a few revisions of the genus or parts of it.

Species

* '' Dubouzetia acuminata'' – New Caledonia endemic * '' Dubouzetia australiensis'' – Northern Territory endemic, Australia * '' Dubouzetia campanulata'' – New Caledonia endemic * '' Dubouzetia caudiculata'' syn.: ''D. leionema'' – New Caledonia endemic * '' Dubouzetia confusa'' – New Caledonia endemic * '' Dubouzetia dentata'' –

Seram Island Seram (formerly spelled Ceram; also Seran or Serang) is the largest and main island of Maluku province of Indonesia, despite Ambon Island's historical importance. It is located just north of the smaller Ambon Island and a few other adjacent i ...

, Moluccas endemic * '' Dubouzetia elegans'' – New Guinea, New Caledonia ** var. ''elegans'', syn.: ''D. parviflora'' – New Caledonia endemic ** var. ''novoguineensis'' , syn.: ''D. novoguineensis'' – New Guinea * '' Dubouzetia galorei'' – New Guinea endemic * '' Dubouzetia guillauminii'' – New Caledonia endemic * '' Dubouzetia kairoi'' – New Guinea endemic * '' Dubouzetia saxatilis'' - north-eastern Qld endemic, Australia

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q8770852 Elaeocarpaceae Flora of New Caledonia Flora of Papua New Guinea Flora of the Northern Territory Flora of Queensland Flora of the Maluku Islands Elaeocarpaceae genera Taxa named by Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart Taxa named by Jean Antoine Arthur Gris Taxa named by Jean Armand Isidore Pancher