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| Atherosperma | |
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| Atherosperma moschatum flowers and foliage | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Atherospermataceae |
| Genus: | Atherosperma Labill.[1] |
Atherosperma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Atherospermataceae.
The genus Atherosperma was first formally described in 1806 by Jacques Labillardière in his Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen, and the first species he described (the type species) was Atherosperma moschatum.[1][2]
Taxonomy
[edit]Five species are accepted by Plants of the World Online as of August 2024[update]:[3]
- Atherosperma dilatatum Gand. (Victoria)
- Atherosperma elongatum Gand. (New South Wales)
- Atherosperma moschatum Labill. (New South Wales, Victoria)
- Atherosperma muticum Gand. (Victoria)
- Atherosperma tasmanicum Gand. (Tasmania)
The Australian Plant Census accepts only a single species, Atherosperma moschatum, treating the other names as synonyms.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Atherosperma". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Labillardière, Jacques (1806). Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen. Paris: Ex typographia Dominæ Huzard. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Atherosperma". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. "Atherosperma moschatum Labill". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 23 August 2024.