Pseudoweinmannia

Pseudoweinmannia
Pseudoweinmannia lachnocarpa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Oxalidales
Family:Cunoniaceae
Genus:Pseudoweinmannia
Engl.[1]

Pseudoweinmannia is an endemic Australian genus with two species of trees belonging to the family Cunoniaceae.[1][2] Both species lack petals.

The name refers to the similarity of another genus, Weinmannia, after the German eighteenth century pharmacist J.W. Weinmann.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Pseudoweinmannia%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 6 Jan 2014.
  2. Rozefelds, Andrew C.; Pellow, B. (2011). "A taxonomic revision of Pseudoweinmannia Engl. (Cunoniaceae: Geissoieae)". Austrobaileya. 8 (3): 252–266. JSTOR 41965584.
  3. "Pseudoweinmannia". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online.
  4. Floyd, A.G., Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia, Inkata Press 2008, ISBN 978-0-9589436-7-3 page 116


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