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Genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae
Rhodamnia is a group of
rainforest trees and shrubs in the
myrtle family described as a genus in 1822.
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[6] They are native to southern
China ,
Southeast Asia ,
Papuasia ,
Australia , and
New Caledonia .
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The name is derived from the Greek rhodon which means "rose". And amnion , "bowl" where the blood of lambs was poured after sacrifice. It refers to the bowl shaped
calyx tubes.
[8] Leaves are opposite and mostly three veined in appearance. The fruit is a small berry with a few seeds.
Species
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Rhodamnia acuminata -
Qld
Rhodamnia andromedoides -
NC
Rhodamnia angustifolia -
Qld
Rhodamnia arenaria -
Qld
Rhodamnia argentea - Malletwood -
Qld ,
NSW
Rhodamnia asekiensis -
PNG
Rhodamnia australis -
Qld ,
NT
Rhodamnia blairiana -
PNG ,
Qld
Rhodamnia cinerea -
Nicobar ,
Myanmar ,
Thailand ,
W Malaysia ,
Borneo ,
Java ,
Sumatra
Rhodamnia costata -
Qld
Rhodamnia daymanensis -
PNG
Rhodamnia dumetorum -
Hainan , Indochina,
Langkawi
Rhodamnia dumicola -
Qld
Rhodamnia fordii -
Qld
Rhodamnia glabrescens -
Qld
Rhodamnia glauca -
Qld ,
PNG
Rhodamnia hylandii -
Qld
Rhodamnia kamialiensis -
PNG
Rhodamnia kerrii - N Thailand
Rhodamnia lancifolia -
PNG
Rhodamnia latifolia -
Maluku ,
NG ,
Bismarck
Rhodamnia longisepala -
Qld
Rhodamnia maideniana - Smooth scrub turpentine -
Qld ,
NSW
Rhodamnia makumak -
PNG
Rhodamnia moluccana -
Maluku ,
NG ,
Lesser Sunda ,
Java ,
Sulawesi
Rhodamnia mulleri - Borneo
Rhodamnia novoguineensis -
Qld ,
NG
Rhodamnia pachyloba -
Maluku ,
WNG
Rhodamnia parviflora -
WNG
Rhodamnia pauciovulata -
Qld
Rhodamnia reticulata -
WNG
Rhodamnia rubescens - Brush turpentine -
Qld ,
NSW
Rhodamnia sepicana -
Maluku ,
NG ,
Solomon
Rhodamnia sessiliflora -
Qld
Rhodamnia sharpeana -
Qld ,
PNG
Rhodamnia tessellata - Sumatra
Rhodamnia toratot -
PNG
Rhodamnia uniflora -
W Malaysia ,
Borneo
Rhodamnia waigeoensis -
Waigeo
Rhodamnia whiteana - Cliff malletwood -
Qld ,
NSW
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Rhodamnia .
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Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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William Jack (1822),
"Descriptions of Malayan Plants, part vii" , Malayan Miscellanies , vol. 2, pp. 48–49
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Tropicos, Rhodamnia Jack
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b Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
^ Snow, Neil (2012), "Five new species of Rhodamnia (Myrtaceae, Myrteae) from New Guinea", PhytoKeys (19): 31–49,
doi :
10.3897/phytokeys.19.4098 ,
PMC
3597002 ,
PMID
23717189
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Flora of China, Vol. 13 Page 330, 玫瑰木属 mei gui mu shu Rhodamnia Jack, Malayan Misc. 2(7): 48. 1822.
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"Rhodamnia" . PlanetNET - Flora of New South Wales . Retrieved 2020-08-11 .
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Floyd, A. G. (2008).
Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia (2nd, Revised ed.).
Lismore, New South Wales : Terania Rainforest Publishing. p. 251.
ISBN
978-0-958943-67-3 . Retrieved 2010-05-12 .