Hylandia

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Blushwood
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Crotonoideae
Tribe: Codiaeae
Genus: Hylandia
Airy Shaw [1] [2]
Species:
H. dockrillii
Binomial name
Hylandia dockrillii

Hylandia is a genus of plants, of the family Euphorbiaceae, named in honour of Australian botanist Bernie Hyland, by Herbert K. Airy Shaw. [1]

Hylandia dockrillii, sometimes referred to as blushwood, is a species in the family Euphorbiaceae; the common name is also used for the related species Fontainea picrosperma, from which tigilanol tiglate (EBC-46) is derived. [1] [2] [3] It is native to the Cook region in Queensland, Australia. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Airy Shaw, H. K. (1974). "Notes on Malesian and other Asiatic Euphorbiaceae: CLXXXVI. A new ostodoid genus from Queensland". Kew Bulletin. 29 (2): 329–331. doi:10.2307/4108542. JSTOR   4108542. It gives me much pleasure to name the genus after Mr. Hyland, in appreciation of his cooperation in obtaining and forwarding material…
  2. 1 2 "Hylandia%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 13 Nov 2013.
  3. ↑ F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Hylandia dockrillii". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government . Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families [ permanent dead link ]
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