Surreya | |
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Hemichroa diandra, synonym of Surreya diandra | |
Scientific classification | |
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. It is also in the Polycnemoideae subfamily.
It is native to Australia.
The genus name of Surreya is in honour of Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs (1946–2009), an Australian botanist and botanical garden taxonomist in Sydney. It was first described and published in Taxon Vol.62 on page 109 in 2013.
Known species:
- Surreya diandra (R.Br.) R.Masson & G.Kadereit
- Surreya mesembryanthema (F.Muell.) R.Masson & G.Kadereit
References
- ^ "Surreya R.Masson & G.Kadereit | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- Rüdiger Masson & Gudrun Kadereit (2013): Phylogeny of Polycnemoideae (Amaranthaceae): Implications for biogeography, character evolution and taxonomy. Taxon 62 (1): 100-111.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Surreya |