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''Storthocalyx'' 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 shrubs and trees in the family
Sapindaceae The Sapindaceae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales known as the soapberry family. It contains 138 genera and 1,858 accepted species. Examples include Aesculus, horse chestnut, maples, ackee and lychee. The ...
. The genus is endemic to
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 Pacific and contains five species. It is related to '' Gongrodiscus'' and ''
Sarcotoechia ''Sarcotoechia'' is a genus of tropical rainforest trees, constituting part of the plant family Sapindaceae. Ten to eleven species are known to science , found growing naturally in eastern Queensland, Australia, and in New Guinea. Molecular phy ...
''.Buerki, S., F. Forest, M. W. Callmander, P. P. Lowry, D. S. Devey, and J. Munzinger. (2012) Phylogenetic Inference of New Caledonian Lineages of Sapindaceae: Molecular Evidence Requires a Reassessment of Generic Circumscriptions. Taxon 61 (1): 109–19.


List of species

* '' Storthocalyx chryseus'' * ''
Storthocalyx corymbosus ''Storthocalyx'' is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Sapindaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains five species. It is related to ''Gongrodiscus'' and ''Sarcotoechia''.Buerki, S., F. Forest, M. W. Callm ...
'' * '' Storthocalyx leioneurus'' * '' Storthocalyx pancheri'' * '' Storthocalyx sordidus''


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9080035 Endemic flora of New Caledonia Sapindaceae Sapindaceae genera