Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Apiales Nakai
Family
Pennantiaceae J.Agardh
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. 133, t. 67 (1776)
Synonymy:
  • = Plectomirtha W.R.B.Oliv., Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus. 3: 224 (1948)
Type Taxon:
Pennantia corymbosa J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
 Description

Dioec. to polygamous shrubs or trees with fls in terminal panicles. Calyx minute; petals white, glab.; stamens 5, filaments filiform. Ovary 1-celled, ovule solitary. Drupe small; stone obtusely trigonous. A small genus occurring in N.Z., Australia, Norfolk Id; the N.Z. sp. endemic.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)2
Total2
 Bibliography
Cronquist, A. 1988: The evolution and classification of flowering plants. The New York Botanic Gardens, New York.
Forster, J.R.; Forster, G. 1776: Characteres Generum Plantarum quas in Itinere ad Insulas Maris Australis Collegerunt, Descripserunt, Delinearunt, Annis. Edition 2. White, Cadell & Elmsley, London.
Gardner, R.O.; de Lange, P.J. 2002: Revision of Pennantia (Icacinaceae), a small isolated genus of Southern Hemisphere trees. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 32: 669–695.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Oliver, W.R.B. 1948: The Flora of the Three Kings Islands. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 3: 211–238.
Sleumer, H. 1970: The Identity of Plectomirtha Oliv. with Pennantia J. R. and G. Forster (Icacinaceae). Blumea 18: 217–218.