Pseudanthus

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Pseudanthus
Pseudanthus pimeleoides.jpg
Pseudanthus pimeleoides
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Tribe: Caletieae
Subtribe:
Genus: Pseudanthus
Sieber ex 1827 not Wight 1852 (syn of Nothosaerva in Amaranthaceae)[1]
Synonyms

Chorizotheca Müll.Arg.
Chrysostemon Klotzsch
Caletia sect. Microcaletia Müll.Arg.

Pseudanthus is a genus of plants under the family Picrodendraceae. The genus is endemic to Australia described as a genus in 1827.[2][3][4]

Species[5]
  1. Halford & R.J.F.Hend.
  2. Pseudanthus divaricatissimus (Mull.Arg.) Benth.
  3. Halford & R.J.F.Hend.
  4. Benth. - fringed pseudanthus
  5. F.Muell.
  6. F.Muell.
  7. Halford & R.J.F.Hend.
  8. Pseudanthus pimeleoides Sieber ex Spreng.
Formerly included

moved to Stachystemon

  • Pseudanthus axillaris (A.S.George) Radcl.-Sm - A.S.George
  • Pseudanthus brachyphyllus (Müll.Arg.) F.Muell. - Müll.Arg.
  • Pseudanthus chryseus Müll.Arg. - Stachystemon polyandrus (F.Muell.) Benth.
  • Pseudanthus nematophorus F.Muell. - (F.Muell.) Halford & R.J.F.Hend. - three-flowered pseudanthus
  • Pseudanthus nitidus Müll.Arg. - (Klotzsch) Halford & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Pseudanthus occidentalis F.Muell. - (Klotzsch) Halford & R.J.F.Hend.
  • Pseudanthus polyandrus F.Muell. - Stachystemon polyandrus (F.Muell.) Benth.
  • Pseudanthus vermicularis (Planch.) F.Muell. - Planch.
  • Pseudanthus virgatus (Klotzsch) Müll.Arg. - (Klotzsch) Halford & R.J.F.Hend.
Names in homonymic genera

In 1852, Wight used the same name, Pseudanthus, to refer to plants in the Amaranthaceae. Thus was created an illegitimate homonym. He also coined one species name, i.e.[6][7]

  • Pseudanthus brachiatus (L.) Wight, now called Nothosaerva brachiata (L.) Wight

See also[]

  • Taxonomy of the Picrodendraceae

References[]

  1. ^ Tropicos, search for Pseudanthus
  2. ^ Sprengel, Anton. 1827. Systema Vegetabilium, editio decima sexta 4(2): 22, 25 in Latin
  3. ^ "Genus Pseudanthus". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
  4. ^ Tropicos, Pseudanthus Sieber ex A. Spreng.
  5. ^ "Pseudanthus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
  6. ^ Wight, Robert. 1852. Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 5(2): 3 in English
  7. ^ Tropicos, Pseudanthus Wight


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