''Medicosma'' is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family

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to New Guinea, Australia or New Caledonia. They usually have simple leaves arranged in opposite pairs, flowers arranged in

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with four

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s, four

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s and eight

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s. 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

Plants in the genus ''Medicosma'' are shrubs or trees that usually have simple leaves arranged in opposite pairs but the leaves are sometimes arranged alternately and sometimes

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. The flowers are usually arranged in cymes, sometimes solitary, in leaf

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s and are usually

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with four sepals, four petals and eight stamens. The sepals are fused at the base and persist in the fruit. The petals are usually free from each other but usually overlap each other slightly. The fruit consists of up to four oval follicles fused at the base, each containing one or two brown to black seeds.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Medicosma'' was first formally described in 1862 by

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Species list

The following is a list of species accepted by

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Medicosma articulata ''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 eig ...

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– (New Caledonia) * '' Medicosma congesta'' T.G.Hartley – (New Caledonia) * '' Medicosma cunninghamii'' (Hook.)

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– (N.S.W., Qld.) * '' Medicosma diversifolia'' T.G.Hartley – (New Caledonia) * '' Medicosma elliptica'' T.G.Hartley – (Qld.) * ''

Medicosma emarginata ''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 eig ...

'' T.G.Hartley – (New Caledonia) * ''

Medicosma exigua ''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 eig ...

'' T.G.Hartley – (New Caledonia) * '' Medicosma fareana'' (

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) T.G.Hartley – (Qld.) * ''

Medicosma forsteri ''Medicosma forsteri'' is a species of small tree in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of Queensland. It has elliptical leaves and cream-coloured flowers borne singly or in small groups in leaf axils. Description ''Medicos ...

'' T.G.Hartley – (Qld.) * '' Medicosma glandulosa'' T.G.Hartley – (Qld.) * ''

Medicosma gracilis ''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 eig ...

'' T.G.Hartley – (New Caledonia) * '' Medicosma heterophylla'' T.G.Hartley – (Qld.) * ''

Medicosma latifolia ''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 eig ...

'' T.G.Hartley – (New Caledonia) * '' Medicosma lerati'' (

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) 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'' (

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) 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

External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q6806786 Zanthoxyloideae genera Taxa named by William Jackson Hooker