''Virotia'' is a

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of six

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s in the family Proteaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia with six species that were once placed in ''

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''.Virot, R. (1967). Protéacées. In Flore de La Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances, edited by A. Aubréville, 2:1–254. Paris: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle. Its closest relatives are the Australian '' Athertonia'' and the Asian '' Heliciopsis''. The genus is named after Robert Virot, pioneer of ecological studies in New Caledonia and author of a monograph of New Caledonian Proteaceae.

Species

*'' Virotia angustifolia'' ( Virot) P.H.Weston & A.R.Mast (

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: ''Macadamia angustifolia'' Virot) *'' Virotia francii'' (

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) P.H.Weston & A.R.Mast (basionym: ''

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francii'' Guillaumin) *'' Virotia leptophylla'' (Guillaumin) L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs (basionym: ''

Kermadecia ''Kermadecia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae. The genus comprises five species, all endemic to New Caledonia. Its closest relatives are '' Sleumerodendron'' (New Caledonia) and '' Turrillia'' ( Fiji, Vanuatu Vanu ...

leptophylla'' Guillaumin) *''

Virotia neurophylla ''Virotia neurophylla'' (previously ''Macadamia neurophylla'') is a species of plant in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. It is threatened by habitat loss. It has recently been transferred to the genus ''Virotia ''Viro ...

'' (Guillaumin) P.H.Weston & A.R.Mast (basionym: ''Kermadecia neurophylla'' Guillaumin) *'' Virotia rousselii'' ( Vieill.) P.H.Weston & A.R.Mast (basionym: ''Roupala rousselii'' Vieill) *'' Virotia vieillardi'' ( Brongn. &

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) P.H.Weston & A.R.Mast (basionym: ''Roupala vieillardii'' Brongn. & Gris)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q7934877 Proteaceae Proteaceae genera Endemic flora of New Caledonia Taxa named by Barbara G. Briggs Taxa named by Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson