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Wittsteinia

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Alseuosmiaceae

Order
  
Asterales

Rank
  
Genus

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Alseuosmiaceae, Alseuosmia macrophylla, Argophyllaceae, Sprengelia, Melichrus

Wittsteinia is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Alseuosmiaceae. The genus was first formally described by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae in 1861. The name honours Dr Georg Christian Wittstein, the author of an etymological dictionary used as a reference by Mueller.

The genus comprises two species:

  • Wittsteinia papuana (Steen.) Steen. – from Papua New Guinea
  • Wittsteinia vacciniacea F.Muell. – Baw Baw Berry, from Victoria, Australia

    • References

    Wittsteinia Wikipedia
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