Pseudoweinmannia

Pseudoweinmannia
Pseudoweinmannia lachnocarpa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Cunoniaceae
Genus: Pseudoweinmannia

Pseudoweinmannia is an endemic Australian genus with two species of trees belonging to the ancient Gondwana family Cunoniaceae. Both species lack petals.

The name refers to the similarity of another genus, Weinmannia, after the German eighteenth century pharmacist J.W. Weinmann.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Pseudoweinmannia". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Pseudoweinmannia. 
  2. ^ Floyd, A.G., Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia, Inkata Press 2008, ISBN 9780958943673 page 116