Pseudanthus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Picrodendraceae
Tribus: Caletieae
Genus: Pseudanthus
Species: P. vermicularis
Name

Pseudanthus Sieber ex A.Spreng.
References

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pseudanthus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Pseudanthus is a genus of plants under the family Picrodendraceae. The genus is endemic to Australia described as a genus in 1827.[2][3][4]

Species[5]

Pseudanthus ballingalliaeHalford & R.J.F.Hend.
Pseudanthus divaricatissimus (Mull.Arg.) Benth.
Pseudanthus ligulatus Halford & R.J.F.Hend.
Pseudanthus micranthus Benth. - fringed pseudanthus
Pseudanthus orientalis F.Muell.
Pseudanthus ovalifolius F.Muell.
Pseudanthus pauciflorus Halford & R.J.F.Hend.
Pseudanthus pimeleoides Sieber ex Spreng.

Formerly included

moved to Stachystemon

Pseudanthus axillaris (A.S.George) Radcl.-Sm - Stachystemon axillaris A.S.George
Pseudanthus brachyphyllus (Müll.Arg.) F.Muell. - Stachystemon brachyphyllus Müll.Arg.
Pseudanthus chryseus Müll.Arg. - Stachystemon polyandrus (F.Muell.) Benth.
Pseudanthus nematophorus F.Muell. - Stachystemon nematophorus (F.Muell.) Halford & R.J.F.Hend. - three-flowered pseudanthus
Pseudanthus nitidus Müll.Arg. - Stachystemon virgatus (Klotzsch) Halford & R.J.F.Hend.
Pseudanthus occidentalis F.Muell. - Stachystemon virgatus (Klotzsch) Halford & R.J.F.Hend.
Pseudanthus polyandrus F.Muell. - Stachystemon polyandrus (F.Muell.) Benth.
Pseudanthus vermicularis (Planch.) F.Muell. - Stachystemon vermicularis Planch.
Pseudanthus virgatus (Klotzsch) Müll.Arg. - Stachystemon virgatus (Klotzsch) Halford & R.J.F.Hend.

Names in homonymic genera

In 1852, Wight used the same name, Pseudanthus, to refer to plants in the Amaranthaceae. Thus was created an illegitimate homonym. He also coined one species name, i.e.[6][7]

Pseudanthus brachiatus (L.) Wight, now called Nothosaerva brachiata (L.) Wight

See also

Taxonomy of the Picrodendraceae

References

Tropicos, search for Pseudanthus
Sprengel, Anton. 1827. Systema Vegetabilium, editio decima sexta 4(2): 22, 25 in Latin
"Genus Pseudanthus". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
Tropicos, Pseudanthus Sieber ex A. Spreng.
"Pseudanthus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
Wight, Robert. 1852. Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 5(2): 3 in English
Tropicos, Pseudanthus Wight