''Rinzia '' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s in the
family
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Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae (), the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All ...
. The genus was first formally described in 1843 and reinstated and revised in 1986.
[Trudgen, M.E., (1986) Reinstatement and revision of ''Rinzia'' Schauer (Myrtaceae, Leptospermeae, Baeckeinae). Nuytsia 5(3): 415-439]
Species list
The following names are accepted by
Plants of the World Online
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History
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as at January 2022:
* ''
Rinzia affinis''
Trudgen
* ''
Rinzia carnosa''
( S.Moore) Trudgen
* ''
Rinzia communis''
Trudgen
* ''
Rinzia crassifolia''
Turcz.
* ''
Rinzia dimorphandra''
(F.Muell.
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Victoria (state), Vic ...
ex Benth.
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
) Trudgen
* ''
Rinzia ericaea''
(F.Muell.
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Victoria (state), Vic ...
) Rye
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** ''Rinzia ericaea''
(F.Muell.) Ryesubsp. ''ericaea''
Rye & Trudgen
** ''Rinzia ericaea'' subsp. ''insularis''
Rye
* ''
Rinzia fimbriolata''
Rye
* ''
Rinzia fumana''
Schauer
* ''
Rinzia icosandra''
(F.Muell. ex Benth.) Rye
* ''
Rinzia longifolia''
Turcz.
* ''
Rinzia medifila''
Rye & Trudgen
* ''
Rinzia orientalis''
Rye
* ''
Rinzia oxycoccoides''
Turcz.
* ''
Rinzia polystemonea''
(F.Muell.) Rye
* ''
Rinzia rubra''
Trudgen
* ''
Rinzia schollerifolia''
( Lehm.) Trudgen
* ''
Rinzia sessilis''
Trudgen
* ''
Rinzia torquata''
Rye & Trudgen
* ''
Rinzia triplex''
Rye & Trudgen
References
Endemic flora of Western Australia
Myrtaceae genera
Myrtales of Australia
Rosids of Western Australia
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