Medicosma
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| Medicosma | |
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| Medicosma cunninghamii in the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Subfamily: | Zanthoxyloideae |
| Genus: | Medicosma Hook.f.[1] |
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Medicosma is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rutaceae, all native to New Guinea, Australia or New Caledonia. They usually have simple leaves arranged in opposite pairs, flowers arranged in cymes with four sepals, four petals and eight stamens. The fruit is a follicle fused at the base in groups of up to four, each containing one or two brown or black seeds.
Description
Taxonomy
The genus Medicosma was first formally described in 1862 by William Jackson Hooker in Genera Plantarum.[2][3]
Species list
The following is a list of species accepted by Plants of the World Online as at July 2020:[4]
- Medicosma articulata T.G.Hartley – (New Caledonia)
- Medicosma congesta T.G.Hartley – (New Caledonia)
- Medicosma cunninghamii (Hook.) Benth. & Hook.f. – (N.S.W., Qld.)
- Medicosma diversifolia T.G.Hartley – (New Caledonia)
- Medicosma elliptica T.G.Hartley – (Qld.)
- Medicosma emarginata T.G.Hartley – (New Caledonia)
- Medicosma exigua T.G.Hartley – (New Caledonia)
- Medicosma fareana (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley – (Qld.)
- Medicosma forsteri T.G.Hartley – (Qld.)
- Medicosma glandulosa T.G.Hartley – (Qld.)
- Medicosma gracilis T.G.Hartley – (New Caledonia)
- Medicosma heterophylla T.G.Hartley – (Qld.)
- Medicosma latifolia T.G.Hartley – (New Caledonia)
- Medicosma lerati (Guillaumin) T.G.Hartley – (New Caledonia)
- Medicosma mulgraveana T.G.Hartley – (Qld.)
- Medicosma obliqua T.G.Hartley – (New Caledonia)
- Medicosma obovata T.G.Hartley – (Qld.)
- Medicosma parvifolia T.G.Hartley – (New Caledonia)
- Medicosma petiolaris T.G.Hartley – (New Caledonia)
- Medicosma riparia (P.Royen) T.G.Hartley – (New Guinea)
- Medicosma sessiliflora (C.T.White) T.G.Hartley – (Qld.)
- Medicosma suberosa T.G.Hartley – (New Caledonia)
- Medicosma subsessilis T.G.Hartley – (New Caledonia)
- Medicosma tahafeana T.G.Hartley – (New Caledonia)
- Medicosma verticillata T.G.Hartley – (New Caledonia)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Medicosma". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ↑ "Medicosma". APNI. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ↑ Hooker, William Jackson; Bentham, George, eds. (7 August 1862). Genera Plantarum (Volume 1). Vol. 1. London: A. Black. p. 281. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ↑ "Medicosma". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
External links
- File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Medicosma at Wikimedia Commons
- Brophy, Joseph J.; Goldsack, Robert J.; Forster, Paul I. (2004). "The Leaf Oils of the Australian Species of Medicosma (Rutaceae)". Journal of Essential Oil Research. 16 (3): 166–6. doi:10.1080/10412905.2004.9698683. S2CID 97902192.Error: "Q6806786" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
