Baloghia is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1833.[2][4] It is native to Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Lord Howe I., Norfolk Island), New Caledonia, and Vanuatu.[3][5][6] Cocconerion is a close relative.[7]

Baloghia
Baloghia marmorata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Codiaeae
Genus: Baloghia
Endl.[1]
Type species
Baloghia lucida[2]
Synonyms[3]

Steigeria Müll.Arg.

Species[3]
  1. Baloghia alternifolia - New Caledonia
  2. Baloghia anisomera - New Caledonia
  3. Baloghia balansae - New Caledonia
  4. Baloghia brongniartii - New Caledonia
  5. Baloghia buchholzii - New Caledonia
  6. Baloghia bureavii - New Caledonia
  7. Baloghia deplanchei - New Caledonia
  8. Baloghia drimiflora - New Caledonia
  9. Baloghia inophylla - Queensland, New South Wales, Norfolk I., Lord Howe I., New Caledonia, Loyalty Is.
  10. Baloghia marmorata - Queensland, New South Wales
  11. Baloghia montana - New Caledonia, Vanuatu
  12. Baloghia neocaledonica - New Caledonia
  13. Baloghia parviflora - Atherton Tableland
  14. Baloghia pininsularis - Îsle des Pins SE of New Caledonia
  15. Baloghia pulchella - Mt. Dzumac in New Caledonia
Formerly included

moved to Austrobuxus Fontainea Scagea

  1. B. carunculata - Austrobuxus carunculatus
  2. B. oligostemon - Scagea oligostemon
  3. B. pancheri - Fontainea pancheri

References edit

  1. ^ "Baloghia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b Tropicos, Baloghia Endl.
  3. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Endlicher, Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus. 1833. Prodromus Florae Norfolkicae 84-85 in Latin
  5. ^ James, T.A.; Harden, G.J. "Genus Baloghia". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  6. ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  7. ^ Tokuoka, T. (2007) Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Euphorbiaceae Sensu Stricto Based on Plastid and Nuclear DNA Sequences and Ovule and Seed Character Evolution.” Journal of Plant Research 120 (4): 511–22.