Biology:Surreya

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Surreya
Hemichroa diandra (7596879742).jpg
Hemichroa diandra, synonym of Surreya diandra
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Surreya
R.Masson & G.Kadereit

Surreya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.[1] It is also in the Polycnemoideae subfamily.[2]

It is native to Australia.[1]

The genus name of Surreya is in honour of Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs (1946–2009), an Australian botanist and botanical garden taxonomist in Sydney.[3] It was first described and published in Taxon Vol.62 on page 109 in 2013.[1]

Known species:[1]

  • Surreya diandra (R.Br.) R.Masson & G.Kadereit
  • Surreya mesembryanthema (F.Muell.) R.Masson & G.Kadereit

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Surreya R.Masson & G.Kadereit | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77125829-1. 
  2. Rüdiger Masson & Gudrun Kadereit (2013): Phylogeny of Polycnemoideae (Amaranthaceae): Implications for biogeography, character evolution and taxonomy. Taxon 62 (1): 100-111. [1]
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021. 

Wikidata ☰ Q17377918 entry