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Genus of plants

Mitrasacme
Mitrasacme polymorpha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Loganiaceae
Genus: Mitrasacme
Labill.
Synonyms

Mitragyne R.Br. (1810)

Mitrasacme is a genus of plants in the family Loganiaceae. The genus includes 55 species mostly in Australia, though also extending to various parts of Asia and the Pacific Islands. Two species also occur in China.

The name comes from the Greek, alluding to “the highest point of the mitre”. As the fruit capsule has an alleged resemblance to a mitre.

Species

55 species are accepted:

References

  1. ^ Mitrasacme Labill. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  2. "Mitrasacme". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online, September 22nd, 2010.
Taxon identifiers
Mitrasacme


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