
''Storckiella'' is a genus of four recognised species of trees, of the plant family
Fabaceae
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. It belongs to the subfamily
Dialioideae
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.
They grow naturally in
New Caledonia
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,
Fiji
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and
Australia
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.
Those four recognised species, and for one of them two subspecies, are:
* ''
Storckiella australiensis'' –
endemic
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to the luxuriant
rainforests of the Queensland Wet Tropics lowlands (max. ca. ), Australia
* ''
Storckiella neocaledonica'' – a New Caledonia endemic
* ''
Storckiella pancheri''
Synonym: ''Storckiella comptonii''
** subsp. ''acuta'' – a New Caledonia endemic
** subsp. ''pancheri'' – a New Caledonia endemic
* ''
Storckiella vitiensis'' – a Fiji endemic
References
Dialioideae
Fabaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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