Seorsus

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Seorsus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Genus: Seorsus
Rye & Trudgen [1] [2]
Species

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Seorsus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. The occurrence of the four species in Australia and Borneo is widely spaced, and is thought to be indicative that the genus predates the breakup of Gondwana.

Species include:

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References

  1. "Seorsus". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. Rye, Barbara L. and Malcolm E. Trudgen (2008). "Seorsus a new Gondwanan genus of Myrtaceae with a disjunct distribution in Borneo and Australia" (PDF). Nuytsia . 18: 248–249.