Dansiea

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Dansiea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Combretaceae
Genus: Dansiea
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Dansiea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Combretaceae. [1]

Its native range is Northeastern Australia. [1]

The genus name honours Samuel Justin Dansie (1927–2012), an Australian forester and plant collector, [2] it was published in Austrobaileya Vol.1 on page 385 in 1981. [1]

Species known: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Dansiea Byrnes | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  2. 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 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.