Wetria

Wetria
Scientific classification
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) Baill.
Synonyms [1]
Pseudotrewia Miq.

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

References

1. 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.