Thaleropia

Thaleropia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Tristanieae[1]
Genus: Thaleropia
Peter G. Wilson
Synonyms[2]

Metrosideros sect. Adnatae J.W.Dawson

Thaleropia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1993.[3][4][2] It is native to Queensland and Papuasia.[5]

It includes three known species formally classified in the genus Metrosideros:[5][2]

  1. Thaleropia hypargyrea (Diels) Peter G.Wilson - New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Santa Cruz Islands
  2. Thaleropia iteophylla (Diels) Peter G.Wilson - New Guinea
  3. Thaleropia queenslandica (L.S.Sm.) Peter G. Wilson - Queensland

References

  1. "Genus: Thaleropia Peter G. Wilson". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  2. 1 2 3 Australian Plant Name Index
  3. Wilson, Peter G., (1993) Thaleropia, a new genus for Metrosideros queenslandica (Myrtaceae) and its allies.. Australian Systematic Botany 6(3): 255-256
  4. Tropicos, Thaleropia Peter G.Wilson
  5. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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