Wittsteinia

Wittsteinia is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Alseuosmiaceae. The genus was first formally described by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae in 1861.[1] The name honours Dr Georg Christian Wittstein, the author of an etymological dictionary used as a reference by Mueller.[2]

Wittsteinia
Wittsteinia vacciniacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Alseuosmiaceae
Genus: Wittsteinia
F.Muell.
Species

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The genus comprises two species:[3]

References

  1. "Wittsteinia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  2. Corrick, M.G. & Fuhrer, B.A. (2001). Wildflowers of Victoria and adjoining areas. Australia: Bloomings Books. ISBN 1876473142.
  3. Kadereit, Joachim W.; Jeffrey C. (2007). Eudicots ; Asterales. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Flowering Plants. Springer. ISBN 978-3-540-31050-1. Retrieved 2009-12-05.


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