Tersonia

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Tersonia
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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]

Contents

It is endemic to Western Australia. [1] [3]

Known species

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tersonia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
  2. 1 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. 1 2 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.


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