''Rinzia '' is a
genus
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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 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 speci ...
. 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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as at January 2022:
* ''
Rinzia affinis''
Trudgen
The trudgen is a swimming stroke sometimes known as the ''racing stroke'', or the ''East Indian stroke''. It is named after the English swimmer John Trudgen (1852–1902) and evolved out of sidestroke.
One swims mostly upon one side, making an ov ...
* ''
Rinzia carnosa''
(S.Moore
Spencer Le Marchant Moore (1 November 1850 – 14 March 1931) was an English botanist.
Biography
Moore was born in Hampstead. He worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, from about 1870 to 1879, wrote a number of botanical papers, and then work ...
) Trudgen
* ''
Rinzia communis''
Trudgen
* ''
Rinzia crassifolia''
Turcz.
* ''
Rinzia dimorphandra''
(F.Muell.
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 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 Victo ...
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, (german: Müller; 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 Victo ...
) Rye
Rye (''Secale cereale'') is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe (Triticeae) and is closely related to both wheat (''Triticum'') and barley (genus ''Hordeum''). Rye grain is u ...
** ''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.
Nikolai Stepanovich Turczaninow ( ru , Николай Степанович Турчанинов, 1796 in Nikitovka, now in Krasnogvardeysky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia – 1863 in Kharkov) was a Russian botanist and plant collector who ...
* ''
Rinzia medifila''
Rye & Trudgen
* ''
Rinzia orientalis''
Rye
* ''
Rinzia oxycoccoides''
Turcz.
* ''
Rinzia polystemonea''
(F.Muell.) Rye
* ''
Rinzia rubra''
Trudgen
* ''
Rinzia schollerifolia''
(Lehm.
Johann Georg Christian Lehmann (25 February 1792 – 12 February 1860) was a German botanist.
Born at Haselau, near Uetersen, Duchy of Holstein, Holstein, Lehmann studied medicine in Copenhagen and Göttingen, obtained a doctorate in medicine ...
) Trudgen
* ''
Rinzia sessilis''
Trudgen
* ''
Rinzia torquata''
Rye & Trudgen
* ''
Rinzia triplex
''Rinzia triplex'', commonly known as triad rinzia, is a plant species of the family Myrtaceae endemic to Western Australia.
The shrub is found in the southern Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia between Coolgardie, Menzies
...
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Rye & Trudgen
References
Endemic flora of Western Australia
Myrtaceae genera
Myrtales of Australia
Rosids of Western Australia
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