Wetria

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: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Acalyphoideae
Tribus: Acalypheae
Genus: Wetria
Species: W. australiensis – W. insignis
Name

Wetria Baill., Étude Euphorb. 409. (1858)

Type species: Wetria insignis (Steud.) Airy Shaw, Kew Bull. 26: 350. (1972)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Pseudotrewia Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(2): 414. (1859)

References

Baillon, H.E. 1858. Etude Générale du Groupe de Euphorbiacées 409.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Wetria in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar. 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Wetria. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 17 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Wetria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Mar. 2021.

Wetria is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1858.[2][3] It is native to Australia, New Guinea and Southeast Asia.[4][5]

Species[1]

Wetria australiensis P.I.Forst. - Papua New Guinea, Queensland
Wetria insignis (Steud.) Airy Shaw - Thailand, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Philippines

Formerly included

moved to other genera (Discocleidion, Trigonostemon)

Wetria cuneifolia - Trigonostemon heteranthus
Wetria rufescens - Discocleidion rufescens

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 409
Tropicos, genus Wetria
Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
van Welzen, P.C. & Chayamarit, K. (2007). Flora of Thailand 8(2): 305-592. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.