Wittsteinia

Wittsteinia
Wittsteinia vacciniacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Alseuosmiaceae
Genus: Wittsteinia
F.Muell.
Species

see text

Synonyms

Memecylanthus Gilg & Schltr.
Pachydiscus Gilg & Schltr.
Periomphale Baill.[1]

Wittsteinia is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Alseuosmiaceae. The genus was first formally described by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae in 1861.[2] The name honours Dr Georg Christian Wittstein, the author of an etymological dictionary used as a reference by Mueller.[3]

The genus comprises two species:[4]

References

  1. "Genus: Wittsteinia F. Muell.". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  2. "Wittsteinia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  3. Corrick, M.G. and Fuhrer, B.A. (2001). Wildflowers of Victoria and adjoining areas. Australia: Bloomings Books. ISBN 1876473142.
  4. Kadereit, Joachim W.; Jeffrey C. (2007). Eudicots ; Asterales. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Flowering Plants (Springer). ISBN 978-3-540-31050-1. Retrieved 2009-12-05.
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