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Degeneria

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Degeneria is a genus of flowering plants endemic to Fiji. It is the only genus in the family Degeneriaceae. The APG IV system of 2016 (unchanged from the APG system of 1998, the APG II system of 2003 and the APG III system of 2009), recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Magnoliales in the clade magnoliids.

Species

Genus

  1. PhylumPlatyhelminthes
  2. ClassTrematoda
  3. OrderPlagiorchiida
  4. FamilyGorgoderidae
Habitatmarine
Native toFiji

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
8
With media
6
Family
Degeneriaceae
Collections
MNHN, USCH, RSA, K, BRIT, VT
Recorded in
Fiji

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Degeneriaceae
Image
Degeneria vitiensis.png
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Degeneria
Commons category
Degeneria
topic's main category
Category:Degeneria
taxonomic type
Degeneria vitiensis
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Floral structure
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Degeneria is a genus of flowering plants endemic to Fiji. It is the only genus in the family Degeneriaceae. The APG IV system of 2016 (unchanged from the APG system of 1998, the APG II system of 2003 and the APG III system of 2009), recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Magnoliales in the clade magnoliids.

Degeneria was named after Otto Degener, who first found D. vitiensis in 1942. Classical studies of native stands of Degeneria from Vanua Levu and Viti Levu islands were conducted more than 30 years ago.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Degeneria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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