Tersonia

Genus of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tersonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gyrostemonaceae.[2]

Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
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Tersonia
Fruit of Tersonia cyathiflora
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Gyrostemonaceae
Genus: Tersonia
Moq.[1]
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It is endemic to Western Australia.[1][3]

Known species

  • Tersonia cyathiflora (Fenzl) A.S.George ex J.W.Green, also known as button creeper.[4]
  • Tersonia brevipes Moq., published in 1849,[3]

They all have a syncarps.[2]

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.[5] It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.13 (Issue 2) on page 40 in 1849.[3]

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