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(Redirected from Tersonia cyathiflora) Genus of flowering plants

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

Tersonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gyrostemonaceae.

It is endemic to Western Australia.

Known species

  • Tersonia cyathiflora (Fenzl) A.S.George ex J.W.Green, also known as button creeper.
  • Tersonia brevipes Moq., published in 1849,

They all have a syncarps.

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. It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.13 (Issue 2) on page 40 in 1849.

References

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


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