Niemeyera
Niemeyera | |
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Niemeyera whitei | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Sapotaceae |
Genus: | Niemeyera F.Muell. 1870, conserved name, not F.Muell. 1867 (syn of Apostasia in Orchidaceae)[1] |
Niemeyera is a genus of plants in the Sapotaceae family described as a genus in 1870.[2][3]
The entire genus is endemic to Australia (States of Queensland and New South Wales).[4]
- Species[4]
- Niemeyera chartacea (F.M.Bailey) C.T.White - Queensland
- Niemeyera prunifera (F.Muell.) F.Muell. - Queensland
- Niemeyera whitei (Aubrév.) Jessup - Queensland, New South Wales
- formerly included[4]
now in other genera: Amorphospermum Chrysophyllum Pycnandra
- N. acuminata - Pycnandra acuminata
- N.antiloga - Amorphospermum antilogum
- N. balansae - Pycnandra balansae
- N. deplanchei - Pycnandra deplanchei
- N. francii - Pycnandra francii
- N. gatopensis - Pycnandra blanchonii
- N. lissophylla - Pycnandra lissophylla
- N. papuana - Chrysophyllum roxburghii
- N. sessilifolia - Pycnandra sessilifolia
- homonym genus[4]
In 1867, Muller used the name Niemeyera to refer to a very different plant, now placed in the Orchidaceae. This name, although older than the 1870 name in the Sapotaceae, is now considered a rejected name. Hence:
- Niemeyera F.Muell. 1867 - syn of Apostasia Blume 1825
- Niemeyera stylidioides F.Muell. - syn of Apostasia wallichii R.Br.