Biology:Tristania neriifolia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Tristania neriifolia
Tristania neriifolia maleny.jpg
Tristania neriifolia cultivated at Maleny, Queensland
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Tristanieae
Genus: Tristania
R.Br.
Species:
T. neriifolia
Binomial name
Tristania neriifolia
(Sieber ex Sims) R.Br.
Synonyms

Genus synonymy[1]

  • Callobuxus Pancher ex Brongn. & Gris

Species synonymy[2]

  • A.Cunn. Sieber ex Sims
  • A.Cunn. Melaleuca salicifolia
  • Melaleuca neriifolia Andrews
  • Tristania persicifolia Tristania salicina

Tristania is a monotypic genus of flowering plants native to New South Wales, Australia , closely related to Thaleropia.[3] The genus had a number of species, but some have been reclassified as Lophostemon and Tristaniopsis. The sole species currently in the genus is Tristania neriifolia. It is known commonly as the water gum.[4]

It is a small tree, with dense branching. The leaves are evergreen, opposite, simple, lanceolate, 5–9 cm long and 1 cm broad. The flowers are produced in dense clusters of 3–15 together; each flower is 1–1.5 cm diameter, with five small yellow petals and numerous conspicuous stamens.

References

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