Biology:Austrobuxus

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Austrobuxus
Austrobuxus swainii trunk.jpg
Austrobuxus swainii trunk
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Tribe: Caletieae
Subtribe: Dissiliariinae
Genus: Austrobuxus
Miq.
Synonyms[1]
  • Buraeavia Baill.
  • Canaca Guillaumin
  • Choriophyllum Benth.

Austrobuxus is a genus of plants under the family Picrodendraceae first described as a genus in 1861.[2][3] It is native to Southeast Asia, Papuasia, and Australia . The region with the highest diversity is New Caledonia.[1][4][5]

Species[1]


formerly included[1]

moved to other genera: Kairothamnus Longetia Scagea


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm. 1844. Flora van Nederlandsch Indië Suppl. 444-445 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Austrobuxus Miq.
  4. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. van Welzen, P.C. & Forster, P.I. (2010). A revision of Malesian Austrobuxus (Picrodendraceae/Euphorbiaceae s.l. subfam. Oldfieldioideae). Nordic Journal of Botany 28: 189-195.

Wikidata ☰ Q2877906 entry