''Dansiea'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s belonging to the family

Combretaceae The Combretaceae, often called the white mangrove family, are a family of flowering plants in the order Myrtales. The family includes about 530 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas in ca 10 genera. The family includes the leadwood tree, ''Combre ...

. Its native range is Northeastern Australia. The genus name honours Samuel Justin Dansie (1927–2012), an Australian forester and plant collector, it was published in Austrobaileya Vol.1 on page 385 in 1981. Species known: *''

Dansiea elliptica ''Dansiea elliptica'' is a species of rainforest tree which is endemic to Queensland, Australia. The species, which occurs within two highly disjunct centres of distribution, is primarily found in drier notophyll vine forests and semi evergree ...

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Dansiea grandiflora ''Dansiea grandiflora'' is a species of rainforest tree that is endemic to Queensland, Australia. It is known to exist only within a limited zone of notophyll vine forest on Cape York Peninsula. It is listed as ‘Vulnerable’ under the Quee ...

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q8353797 Combretaceae Myrtales genera Taxa named by Norman Brice Byrnes