Wetria

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Wetria
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Acalypheae
Subtribe: Cleidiinae
Genus: Wetria
Baill.
Type species
Wetria trewioides (syn of Wetria insignis)
Synonyms [1]

Wetria is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1858. [2] [3] It is native to Australia, New Guinea and Southeast Asia. [4] [5]

Species [1]
  1. Wetria australiensis P.I.Forst. - Papua New Guinea, Queensland
  2. Wetria insignis (Steud.) Airy Shaw - Thailand, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Philippines
Formerly included

moved to other genera (Discocleidion, Trigonostemon)

  1. Wetria cuneifolia - Trigonostemon heteranthus
  2. Wetria rufescens - Discocleidion rufescens

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References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 409
  3. Tropicos, genus Wetria
  4. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. van Welzen, P.C. & Chayamarit, K. (2007). Flora of Thailand 8(2): 305-592. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.