Meryta

Meryta
Meryta sinclairii from New Zealand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Subfamily: Aralioideae
Genus: Meryta
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.[1]
Type species
Meryta lanceolata
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.[1]
Species
Synonyms

Meryta is a genus in the flowering plant family Araliaceae. There are 28 described species in the genus and a number of undescribed species,[2] all small, resinous trees of the subtropical and tropical Pacific Ocean, characterized by huge, simple leaves and a dioecious sexual system, a unique combination in Araliaceae. Meryta has its center of diversity in New Caledonia (11 endemic spp.). Phylogenetic analyses have placed Meryta as a monophyletic genus in one of the three major clades of the Araliaciae, the Polyscias-Pseudopanax group, and more specifically in the Pacific Schefflera subclade.[3]

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