Hylandia

Blushwood
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Crotonoideae
Tribe:	Codiaeae
Genus:	Hylandia ; Airy Shaw
Species:	H. dockrillii
Binomial name
	Hylandia dockrillii; Airy Shaw

Last updated January 02, 2026

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, commonly named blushwood, is the only known species.^[1]^[2]^[3] It is native to the Cook region in Queensland, Australia.^[4]

References

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…
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.
↑ 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.
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[Orig-Publ-1974-1] 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…

[APNI-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.

[RFK-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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