Biology:Fitzalania

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Short description: Genus of Annonaceae plants

Fitzalania
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Fitzalania
F.Muell.[1]
Species

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Fitzalania is a genus of flowering plants in the custard apple and soursop family Annonaceae, with all species endemic to Australia. Molecular studies show it to be a synonym of Meiogyne.[2][3]

Species

Species currently accepted by The Plant List[4] are as follows:

  • Fitzalania bidwillii (Benth.) Jessup, Kessler & Mols
  • Fitzalania heteropetala (F.Muell.) F.Muell.

References

  1. Fragm. (Mueller) 4(25): 33 (1863)
  2. Thomas, Daniel C.; Surveswaran, Siddharthan; Xue, Bine; Sankowsky, Garry; Mols, Johan B.; Keßler, Paul J.A.; Saunders, Richard M.K. (2012). "Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of the Meiogyne-Fitzalania clade (Annonaceae): Generic paraphyly and late Miocene-Pliocene diversification in Australasia and the Pacific". Taxon 61 (3): 559–575. doi:10.1002/tax.613006. 
  3. Xue, Bine; Thomas, Daniel C.; Chaowasku, Tanawat; Johnson, David M.; Saunders, Richard M. K. (2014). "Molecular Phylogenetic Support for the Taxonomic Merger of Fitzalania and Meiogyne (Annonaceae): New Nomenclatural Combinations Under the Conserved Name Meiogyne". Systematic Botany 39 (2): 396–404. doi:10.1600/036364414X680825. 
  4. "Fitzalania". The Plant List. http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Annonaceae/Fitzalania. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5195946 entry