Coleanthera
| Coleanthera | |
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| Coleanthera myrtoides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epacridoideae |
| Tribe: | Styphelieae |
| Genus: | Coleanthera Stschegl. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Michiea F.Muell. | |
Coleanthera is a plant genus in the family Ericaceae.[2] The genus is endemic to Western Australia,[1] and is currently accepted (1 January 2021) by Plants of the World online,[1] and the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria,[2] but not by the Western Australian Herbarium, where it has been subsumed into the genus, Styphelia,[3] for the phylogenetic reasons given by Darren M. Crayn, Michael Hislop and Caroline Puente-Lelièvre.[4]
It was first described in 1859 by Sergei Sergeyevich Sheglejev,[2][5] and the type species is Coleanthera myrtoides.[6]
Description[edit]
The fruit is a 5-celled drupe.[7] The flowers are hermaphroditic and are fertilised by either insects or birds.[7] The calyces of plants in this genus have five sepals and there are five petals.[7]
Species[edit]
There are three accepted species in the genus:[1]
- Coleanthera coelophylla (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Benth.
- Coleanthera myrtoides Stschegl.
- Coleanthera virgata Stschegl.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Coleanthera Stschegl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ a b c "Coleanthera Stschegl." Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ "Name currency: Coleanthera Stschegl." FloraBase. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Darren M. Crayn; Michael Hislop; Caroline Puente-Lelièvre (2020). "A phylogenetic recircumscription of Styphelia (Ericaceae, Epacridoideae, Styphelieae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 33 (2): 137–168. doi:10.1071/SB18050. ISSN 1030-1887. Wikidata Q102898970.
- ^ Stschegleew, S.S. (1859). "Descriptio Epacridearum Novarum". Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 32 (1): 4.
- ^ Darren Crayn; Kathleen Kron; Benjamin Potter (11 November 2014). "Typification of some names in Epacridoideae (Ericaceae)". Telopea: 319–321. doi:10.7751/TELOPEA20147924. ISSN 0312-9764. Wikidata Q54533022.
- ^ a b c "Coelanthera". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 1 January 2021.