Biology:Needhamiella

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Short description: Genus of shrubs

Needhamiella
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Subfamily: Epacridoideae
Tribe: Oligarrheneae
Genus: Needhamiella
L.Watson
Species:
N. pumilio
Binomial name
Needhamiella pumilio
L. Watson[1]
Synonyms
  • Monotoca pumilio (R.Br.) Spreng.
  • Needhamia R. Br. 1810 nom. illeg.
  • Needhamia pumilio R.Br. nom. illeg.

Needhamiella is a monotypic genus in the family Ericaceae. The sole species, Needhamiella pumilio, is a small shrub that is endemic to Western Australia.[2][3]

The genus was first formally described in 1810 by botanist Robert Brown who gave it the name Needhamia. This was subsequently declared an illegitimate name as Italian naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli had assigned it to a genus in the family Leguminosae in 1777.[4] In 1965 the genus was given the revised name Needhamiella.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Needhamiella". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Needhamiella. Retrieved 4 March 2012. 
  2. "Needhamiella L.Watson". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/21892. 
  3. "Needhamiella pumilio (R.Br.) L.Watson". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/6464. 
  4. "Needhamia R.Br". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Needhamia. Retrieved 4 March 2012. 

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