Artia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1941. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia and the nearby Loyalty Islands[1]in the SW Pacific. Artia is closely related to Parsonsia and Prestonia.[2][3]

Artia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Echiteae
Genus: Artia
Guillaumin
Species[1]
Formerly included[1]

Artia penangiana (King & Gamble) Pichon, syn of Parsonsia penangiana King & Gamble

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Livshultz, T., D. J. Middleton, M. E. Endress, and J. K. Williams.(2007) Phylogeny of Apocynoideae and the APSA Clade (Apocynaceae S.l.). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94, no. 2: 324–59.
  3. ^ Morales, J.F.; Endress, M.E.; Liede-Schumann, S. (2017) Sex, drugs and pupusas: Disentangling relationships in Echiteae (Apocynaceae). Taxon 66 (3): 623-644. https://doi.org/10.12705/663.7