''Serianthes'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the family
Fabaceae
Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,[International Code of Nomen ...](_blank)
. It includes 17 species of trees and shrubs which range from Thailand and
Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...
to
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 the South Pacific.
New Caledonia
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has the greatest diversity of species, with six
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only 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 foun ...
species. Typical habitats include tropical rain forest, scrub forest, coastal scrub, and rarely open wooded grassland.
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Species
17 species are accepted:[
* '' Serianthes calycina''
* '' Serianthes ebudarum''
* '']Serianthes germainii
''Serianthes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 17 species of trees and shrubs which range from Thailand and Malesia to Papuasia and the South Pacific. New Caledonia has the greatest diversity of species, with si ...
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* ''Serianthes grandiflora
''Serianthes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 17 species of trees and shrubs which range from Thailand and Malesia to Papuasia and the South Pacific. New Caledonia has the greatest diversity of species, with si ...
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* ''Serianthes hooglandii
''Serianthes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 17 species of trees and shrubs which range from Thailand and Malesia to Papuasia and the South Pacific. New Caledonia has the greatest diversity of species, with si ...
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* ''Serianthes kanehirae
''Serianthes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 17 species of trees and shrubs which range from Thailand and Malesia to Papuasia and the South Pacific. New Caledonia has the greatest diversity of species, with si ...
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* ''Serianthes lifouensis
''Serianthes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 17 species of trees and shrubs which range from Thailand and Malesia to Papuasia and the South Pacific. New Caledonia has the greatest diversity of species, wit ...
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* '' Serianthes margaretae''
* ''Serianthes melanesica
''Serianthes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 17 species of trees and shrubs which range from Thailand and Malesia to Papuasia and the South Pacific. New Caledonia has the greatest diversity of species, wit ...
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* ''Serianthes minahassae
''Serianthes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 17 species of trees and shrubs which range from Thailand and Malesia to Papuasia and the South Pacific. New Caledonia has the greatest diversity of species, wit ...
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* ''Serianthes myriadenia
''Serianthes myriadenia'' is a species of flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vesse ...
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* ''Serianthes nelsonii
''Serianthes nelsonii'' is a large tree endemic to Guam and Rota of the Mariana Islands. Only one mature tree existed on Guam (until November 2024, when it was announced it perished to the consequences of deforestation by the U.S. Military an ...
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* ''Serianthes petitiana
''Serianthes petitiana'' is a species of flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel ...
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* ''Serianthes rurutensis
''Serianthes rurutensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country o ...
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* ''Serianthes sachetae
''Serianthes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 17 species of trees and shrubs which range from Thailand and Malesia to Papuasia and the South Pacific. New Caledonia has the greatest diversity of species, wit ...
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* ''Serianthes vitiensis
''Serianthes vitiensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Fiji
Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies abo ...
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References
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Fabaceae genera
Taxa named by George Bentham
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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