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 entymological 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. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?12862. Retrieved 2009-04-17. 
  2. ^ "Wittsteinia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=WITTSTEINIA. 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. Springer. ISBN 9783540310501. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=VhUZnM8S47IC&lpg=PT20&ots=EIj3wIq2mt&dq=Wittsteinia%20papuana&pg=PT21#v=onepage&q=Wittsteinia%20papuana&f=false. Retrieved 2009-12-05.