Biology:Psammomoya
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Psammomoya Diels & Loes.[1][2] |
Psammomoya is a genus of plants in the Celastraceae family,[1] endemic to Western Australia.[3] The genus was first described by Ludwig Diels and Ludwig Eduard Theodor Loesener in 1904, with the designated type species being Psammomoya choretroides.[1][2]
There are four species in the genus:[3]
- Psammomoya choretroides (F.Muell.) Diels & Loes.
- Psammomoya implexa Keighery
- Psammomoya ephedroides Diels & Loes.
- Psammomoya grandiflora Keighery
Description
In Psammomoya the leaves are opposite and decussate, and reduced to cataphylls (scales). The bracteoles are ovate and the floral disc is broad and fused.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Psammomoya". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/70875.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G (6 December 1904). "Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35 (2–3): 339, fig. 41 A–H. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42874068.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 , Wikidata Q100730145
Wikidata ☰ Q9063534 entry
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