| Oncotheca | |
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| Oncotheca humboldtianaherbarium specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Icacinales |
| Family: | Oncothecaceae Kobuski exAiry Shaw[2] |
| Genus: | Oncotheca Baill.[1] |
| Species[1] | |
Oncotheca is a genus of tree endemic toNew Caledonia. There are two species,[3][4]Oncotheca balansae andOncotheca humboldtiana.
Oncotheca is the sole genus of theOncothecaceae, which is one of three families of flowering plantsendemic toNew Caledonia. Its placement has been enigmatic for a long time, but a recent phylogenetic analysis[5] based on 73 plastid genes found it to be sister toIcacinaceae. It is now placed in the orderIcacinales.[6][7]
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