Wittsteinia

Wittsteinia vaccinacea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Alseuosmiaceae
Genus: Wittsteinia
Species: W. balansae – W. papuana – W. vacciniacea

Name

Wittsteinia F.Muell., Fragm. 2: 136 (1861)

• Type species: Wittsteinia vacciniacea F.Muell.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Memecylanthus Gilg & Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 269 (1906)
  • Pachydiscus Gilg & Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 270 (1906)
  • Periomphale Baill., Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 731 (1888)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Papuasia New Guinea, New Caledonia Australasia Australia Victoria References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Mueller, F. 1860–1861. Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 2. 199 pp. J. Ferres, Melbourne. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Wittsteinia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Wittsteinia. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 15 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Wittsteinia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 15. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Wittsteinia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Jul. 2018.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Wittsteinia. .

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