Jump to content

Welchiodendron

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Welchiodendron
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Lophostemoneae
Genus: Welchiodendron
P. G. Wilson & J. T. Waterhouse
Species:
W. longivalve]
Binomial name
Welchiodendron longivalve]
(F.Muell.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh.
Synonyms[1]
  • Tristania longivalvis F.Muell.
  • Tristania brownii S.Moore

Welchiodendron is a genus of plant in family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1982.[2][3][4] It contains only one known species, Welchiodendron longivalve, native to New Guinea and northern Queensland.[1]


References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Wilson, Peter G. & Waterhouse, J.T., (1982) A review of the genus Tristania R.Br. (Myrtaceae): a heterogeneous assemblage of five genera. Australian Journal of Botany 30(4): 440-441
  3. ^ Tropicos, Welchiodendron P. G. Wilson & J. T. Waterhouse
  4. ^ Australian Plant Name Index