Lomatia

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Lomatia
L. silaifolia
L. silaifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Lomatia R.Br.
Species

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Lomatia is a genus of 12 species of evergreen flowering plants in the protea family Proteaceae. Within the family, they have been placed, alone, in their own subtribe, Lomatiinae according to Johnson & Briggs 1975 classification of the family and subsequently in Flora of Australia (1995). However recent molecular studies suggest their closest relatives are actually the Woody Pears (Xylomelum)

The genus has a Pacific Rim distribution, with members native to eastern Australia and southern South America, forming a part of the Antarctic flora. The species range from prostrate shrubs less than 0.5 m tall to small trees up to 12 m tall.

Selected species
  • Lomatia arborescens - eastern Australia
  • Lomatia dentata - Chile
  • Lomatia ferruginea - Chile, Argentina
  • Lomatia fraseri - eastern Australia
  • Lomatia fraxinifolia - Queensland
  • Lomatia hirsuta - Chile, Peru
  • Lomatia ilicifolia - eastern Australia
  • Lomatia myricoides - southeastern Australia
  • Lomatia polymorpha - Tasmania
  • Lomatia silaifolia - eastern Australia
  • Lomatia tasmanica (King's Lomatia) - Tasmania
  • Lomatia tinctoria - Tasmania

[edit] References

  • Wilson, AJG, Hewson, HJ, Mowatt, J (1995). "Lomatia", in McCarthy, Patrick (ed.): Flora of Australia: Volume 16: Eleagnaceae, Proteaceae 1. CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study, 374–382. ISBN 0-643-05693-9. 
  • Hoot, SB & Douglas, AW (1998). "Phylogeny of the Proteaceae based on atpB and atpB-rbcL spacer region sequences". Australian Systematic Botany 11: 301–320. doi:10.1071/SB98027. 
  • Johnson, LAS & Briggs, BG (1975). "On the Proteaceae – the evolution and classification of a southern family.". Botanical Journal of the Linnaean Society 70: 83–182. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1975.tb01644.x. 

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