Cyathopsis

Cyathopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Cyathopsis
Brongn. & Gris

Cyathopsis is a genus of shrubs in the family Ericaceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains three species[1] that have previously been included in Styphelia. It is related to genera such as Leucopogon, Lissanthe and Styphelia.[2]

List of species

  • Cyathopsis albicans (Brongn. & Gris) Quinn
  • Cyathopsis floribunda (Brongn. & Gris
  • Cyathopsis violaceospicata (Guillaumin) Quinn

References

  1. Morat, P., T. Jaffré, F. Tronchet, J. Munzinger, Y. Pillon, J. M. Veillon, and M. Chalopin (2012). The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia. Adansonia 34 (2): 179–221. https://dx.doi.org/10.5252/a2012n2a1
  2. Puente-Lelièvre, Caroline, Michael Hislop, Mark Harrington, Elizabeth A. Brown, Maria Kuzmina, and Darren M. Crayn. (2015) A Five-Marker Molecular Phylogeny of the Styphelieae (Epacridoideae, Ericaceae) Supports a Broad Concept of Styphelia.” Australian Systematic Botany 28 (6): 368. doi:10.1071/SB14041.


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