Orites

Updated on Dec 09, 2024

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Kingdom Plantae Family Proteaceae Rank Genus		Order Proteales Higher classification Proteas

Similar Orites myrtoidea, Proteas, Lomatia, Cenarrhenes, Agastachys

Orites is a genus of 9 known species, 7 endemic to Australia (4 of which occur in Tasmania) and 2 in South America; 1 in the Chilean Andes and 1 in Bolivia.

Orites Orites myrtoidea Proteaceae image 19294 at PhytoImagessiuedu

Species

This listing was sourced from the Australian Plant Name Index and other scholarly sources:

Orites Panoramio Photo of Orites lancifolia Proteaceae

Orites acicularis (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult., Yellow Bush – Tasmania, Australia

Orites diversifolius R.Br. – Tasmania, Australia

Orites excelsus R.Br., Mountain Silky Oak, Prickly Ash, White Beefwood, Southern Silky Oak, Siky Oak – NSW and Qld, Australia

Orites fiebrigii – Bolivia

Orites lancifolius F.Muell., Alpine Orites – NSW, ACT and Victoria, Australia

Orites megacarpus A.S.George & B.Hyland - endemic to mountains of NE. Qld, Australia

Orites milliganii Meisn. – Tasmania, Australia

Orites myrtoidea – Chile

Orites revolutus R.Br. – Tasmania, Australia

Orites Description and images of Orites myrtoidea Radal enano a native

Formerly included here, and awaiting the Australian Plant Census update of the new name to the accepted species names

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Orites sp. Devils Thumb (P.I.Forster + PIF10720) / (Pinnacle Rock Track WWC 867) ⇒ Hollandaea diabolica A.J.Ford & P.H.Weston – endemic to a restricted area in the Wet Tropics rainforests of NE. Qld, Australia

Orites Australian Plants Society Tasmania Inc Flora Page 4

References

Orites Wikipedia

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