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Niemeyera
Niemeyera whitei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Sapotaceae
Genus:
Niemeyera

F.Muell. 1870, conserved name, not F.Muell. 1867 (syn of Apostasia in Orchidaceae)[1]

Niemeyera is a genus of plants in the Sapotaceae family described as a genus in 1870.[2][3]

The entire genus is endemic to Australia (States of Queensland and New South Wales).[4]

Species[4]
  1. Niemeyera chartacea (F.M.Bailey) C.T.White - Queensland
  2. Niemeyera prunifera (F.Muell.) F.Muell. - Queensland
  3. Niemeyera whitei (Aubrév.) Jessup - Queensland, New South Wales
formerly included[4]

now in other genera: Amorphospermum Chrysophyllum Pycnandra

2
homonym genus[4]

In 1867, Muller used the name Niemeyera to refer to a very different plant, now placed in the Orchidaceae. This name, although older than the 1870 name in the Sapotaceae, is now considered a rejected name. Hence:


References

  1. ^ Tropicos, search for Niemeyera
  2. ^ Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1870. Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australiæ 7: 114-115 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Niemeyera F. Muell.
  4. ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families






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