Pseudoweinmannia

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

Pseudoweinmannia is an endemic Australian genus with two species of trees belonging to the ancient Gondwana 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. 1.0 1.1 "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. Retrieved 6 Jan 2014. 
  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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