Tersonia

Tersonia
Fruit of Tersonia cyathiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Gyrostemonaceae
Genus:	Tersonia Moq. [1]

Tersonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gyrostemonaceae. ^[2]

It is endemic to Western Australia. ^{[1] [3]}

Known species

• Tersonia cyathiflora(Fenzl) A.S.George ex J.W.Green, also known as button creeper. ^[4]
• Tersonia brevipesMoq., published in 1849, ^[3]

They all have a syncarps. ^[2]

Taxonomy

The genus name of Tersonia is in honour of Joséphine Louise Moquin-Tandon, born de Terson (1819–1890), wife of the French botanist Alfred Moquin-Tandon (Moq), the author of this genus. ^[5] It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.13 (Issue 2) on page 40 in 1849. ^[3]

References

1. "Tersonia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2 November 2008.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. Hufford, Larry (November 1996). "Developmental Morphology of Female Flowers of Gyrostemon and Tersonia and Floral Evolution among Gyrostemonaceae". American Journal of Botany. 83 (11): 1471–1487. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1996.tb13941.x.
3. "Tersonia Moq. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
4. "Tersonia". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
5. 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.