Lomatia
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This article is about the plant species. For the family of insects, see Bombyliidae and Lomatia belzebul.
| Lomatia | |
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| L. silaifolia | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Lomatia R.Br. |
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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).
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, Argentina
- Lomatia ferruginea - Chile, Argentina
- Lomatia fraseri - eastern Australia
- Lomatia fraxinifolia - Queensland
- Lomatia hirsuta - Chile, Peru, Argentina
- Lomatia ilicifolia - eastern Australia
- Lomatia myricoides - southeastern Australia
- † Lomatia occidentalis - (Eocene fossil records) Patagonia [1]
- † Lomatia patagonica - (Late Oligocene-Early Miocene (Ñirihuau Formation) fossil records) Patagonia[1]
- † Lomatia preferruginea - (Middle Eocene fossil records (Ventana Formation) Patagonia[1]
- Lomatia polymorpha (moutain guitarplant)[2] - Tasmania
- Lomatia silaifolia - eastern Australia
- Lomatia tasmanica (King's Lomatia) - Tasmania
- Lomatia tinctoria (guitarplant)[2] - Tasmania
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gonzalez, Cynthia C.; Gandolfo Maria Alejandra ; Zamaloa, Maria C.; Cúneo, Nestor R.; Wilf, Peter; Johnson, Kirk (2007). "Revision of the Proteaceae Macrofossil Record from Patagonia, Argentina". The Botanical Review 73 (3): 235–66.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 H. WAPSTRA, A. WAPSTRA, M. WAPSTRA, L. GILFEDDER,The Little Book of Common Names for Tasmanian Plants, DPIPWE
- 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. pp. 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 (4): 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 Linnean Society 70 (2): 83–182. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1975.tb01644.x.
External links
- Pictures of Lomatia dentata, Lomatia ferruginea and Lomatia hirsuta from Chilebosque.
- pantherfile.uwm.edu/hoot/www/Prot.html - Hoot/Proteaceae
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