''Pseudanthus'' is a
genus
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of
plant
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s under the
family
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Picrodendraceae
Picrodendraceae is a family of flowering plants, consisting of 80 species in 24 genera.Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/ These are subtropical to tropical ...
. The genus is
endemic
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to
Australia
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described as a genus in 1827.
;Species
;Formerly included
moved to ''
Stachystemon''
*''Pseudanthus axillaris''
(A.S.George) Radcl.-Sm - ''
Stachystemon axillaris''
A.S.George
*''Pseudanthus brachyphyllus''
(Müll.Arg.) F.Muell. - ''
Stachystemon brachyphyllus''
Müll.Arg.
*''Pseudanthus chryseus''
Müll.Arg. - ''
Stachystemon polyandrus''
(F.Muell.) Benth.
*''Pseudanthus nematophorus''
F.Muell. - ''
Stachystemon nematophorus''
(F.Muell.) Halford & R.J.F.Hend. - three-flowered pseudanthus
*''Pseudanthus nitidus''
Müll.Arg. - ''
Stachystemon virgatus''
(Klotzsch) Halford & R.J.F.Hend.
*''Pseudanthus occidentalis''
F.Muell. - ''
Stachystemon virgatus''
(Klotzsch) Halford & R.J.F.Hend.
*''Pseudanthus polyandrus''
F.Muell. - ''
Stachystemon polyandrus''
(F.Muell.) Benth.
*''Pseudanthus vermicularis''
(Planch.) F.Muell. - ''
Stachystemon vermicularis''
Planch.
*''Pseudanthus virgatus''
(Klotzsch) Müll.Arg. - ''
Stachystemon virgatus''
(Klotzsch) Halford & R.J.F.Hend.
;Names in homonymic genera
In 1852, Wight used the same name, ''Pseudanthus'', to refer to plants in the
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus ''Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, making it ...
. Thus was created an illegitimate homonym. He also coined one species name, i.e.
Tropicos, ''Pseudanthus'' Wight
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*''Pseudanthus brachiatus'' (L.) Wight, now called '' Nothosaerva brachiata'' (L.) Wight
See also
*Taxonomy of the Picrodendraceae
As the family Picrodendraceae is erected from the bases of subfamily Oldfieldioideae, its taxonomy remains the same:
Tribe Caletieae
There are 4 subtribes and 13 genera:
:Subtribe Dissiliariinae
::''Austrobuxus'' (also ''Buraeavia'', ''Bureaua ...
References
Malpighiales genera
Endemic flora of Australia
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