Cossinia
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Cossinia is a genus of four species of rainforest trees, constituting part of the plant family Sapindaceae.[2] The genus has a disjunct distribution, occurring in Mascarene Islands, Australia, New Caledonia and Fiji.[1][2][3][4][5]
Cossinia | |
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Cossinia pinnata foliage | |
Cossinia pinnata flowers and developing fruits | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Sapindaceae |
Subfamily: | Dodonaeoideae |
Genus: | Cossinia Comm. ex Lam.[1][2] |
Type species | |
Cossinia pinnata | |
Species | |
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Synonyms[3] | |
Melicopsidium Baill. |
They grow naturally in rainforests, including seasonally drought–prone rainforests, and associated non–fire–adapted vegetation types.
Cossinia trifoliata trees, endemic to New Caledonia, have become vulnerable to global extinction according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s 1998 assessment.[6]
Cossinia australiana trees, endemic to restricted habitat areas of central-eastern and southeastern Queensland, Australia, have the official national and Queensland state governments' "endangered" conservation status.[7][8] Within their known endemic region the trees grow naturally in habitats which have historically had their native vegetation extensively destroyed and as of 2013[update] have been further threatened.[3][5][7][9]