Niemeyera

Niemeyera
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]
  1. Niemeyera chartacea (F.M.Bailey) C.T.White - Queensland
  2. Niemeyera prunifera (F.Muell.) F.Muell. - Queensland
  3. 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:


References

  1. ↑ Tropicos, search for Niemeyera
  2. ↑ Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1870. Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australiæ 7: 114-115 in Latin
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Niemeyera F. Muell.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families