''Orites'' is a genus of 9 known species, 7 endemic to

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(4 of which occur in Tasmania) and 2 in South America; 1 in the Chilean Andes and 1 in

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Species

This listing was sourced from the '' Australian Plant Name Index'' and other scholarly sources: * ''

Orites acicularis ''Orites acicularis'', commonly known as yellow bush, is an angiosperm endemic to Tasmania, Australia and is a member of the genus ''Orites'' within the family Proteaceae. The species was first described in 1810 by Scottish botanist Robert Brown ...

'' , Yellow bush – Tasmania, Australia * ''

Orites diversifolia ''Orites diversifolia (=diversifolius)'', commonly known as variable orites, is a member of the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Tasmania.Understorey Network. (2017). Orites diversifolius. nlineAvailable at: http://www.understorey-network. ...

'' , Variable orites – Tasmania, Australia * ''

Orites excelsus ''Orites excelsus'', commonly known as prickly ash, mountain silky oak or white beefwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a medium-sized to tall rainforest tree with oblong to l ...

'' , Mountain silky oak, prickly ash, white beefwood, southern silky oak, siky oak – NSW and Qld, Australia * ''

Orites fiebrigii ''Orites fiebrigii'' is a species of flowering plant in the protea family that is endemic to Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from ...

'' – Bolivia * ''

Orites lancifolius ''Orites lancifolius'', commonly known as alpine orites, is a shrub in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to south-eastern Australia. The species has a spreading habit and may be a prostrate or up to 2 metres high. The leaves are 1 to 3 ...

'' , Alpine orites – NSW, ACT and Victoria, Australia * ''

Orites megacarpus ''Nothorites'' is a genus of a sole described species of trees, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae. The species ''Nothorites megacarpus'' grows naturally only in restricted mountain regions (endemic) of the wet tropics rain fore ...

'' - endemic to mountains of NE. Qld, Australia * ''

Orites milliganii ''Orites milliganii'', also known as Milligan's orites or the toothed orites, is a species of flowering plant in the protea family that is endemic to Tasmania, Australia. Description The species grows as a dense and rigid shrub up to two met ...

'' , Toothed orites – Tasmania, Australia * ''

Orites myrtoidea ''Orites myrtoidea '', the radal enano, is a shrub species in the family Proteaceae. It is a rare plant which occurs in lava fields in the Andes in Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South A ...

'' – Chile * ''

Orites revolutus ''Orites revolutus '', also known as narrow-leaf orites, is a Tasmanian endemic plant species in the family Proteaceae. Scottish botanist Robert Brown formally described the species in ''Transactions of the Linnean Society of London'' in 1810 f ...

'' – Tasmania, Australia ;Formerly included here, and awaiting the ''Australian Plant Census'' update of the new name to the accepted species names: * ''Orites'' sp. Devils Thumb (P.I.Forster + PIF10720) / (Pinnacle Rock Track WWC 867) ⇒ ''

Hollandaea ''Hollandaea'' is a small genus of plants in the family Proteaceae containing four species of Australian rainforest trees. All four species are endemic to restricted areas of the Wet Tropics of northeast Queensland. Naming and classification E ...

diabolica'' – endemic to a restricted area in the Wet Tropics rainforests of NE. Qld, Australia

References

Proteaceae genera Proteales of Australia {{proteaceae-stub