''Solmsia'' is a

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containing one or two

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

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 belonging to the family

Thymelaeaceae The Thymelaeaceae are a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants composed of 50 genera (listed below) and 898 species.Zachary S. Rogers (2009 onwards)A World Checklist of Thymelaeaceae (version 1) Missouri Botanical Garden Website, St. Louis. It ...

. It is endemic to

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. The genus was named to honor

Hermann zu Solms-Laubach Hermann zu Solms-Laubach, more precisely Hermann Maximilian Carl Ludwig Friedrich Graf zu Solms-Laubach (23 December 1842 in Laubach, Grand Duchy of Hesse – 24 November 1915 in Strasbourg) was a German botanist. Life Count Solms-Laubach studi ...

Henri Ernest Baillon Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on bo ...

. It is related to '' Arnhemia'', ''

Deltaria ''Deltaria brachyblastophora'' is a species of shrubs in the Thymelaeaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia and the only species of the genus ''Deltaria''. It is related to '' Arnhemia'', ''Gonystylus'', ''Lethedon'' and ''Solmsia ''Solm ...

'', ''

Gonystylus ''Gonystylus'' is a southeast Asian genus of about 30 species of hardwood trees also known as ramin, melawis (Malay) and ramin telur (Sarawak). Description Ramin is native to Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, the Philippines, and Papua Ne ...

'' and ''

Lethedon ''Lethedon'' is a genus of shrubs in the Thymelaeaceae family from Australia and New Caledonia. It is related to '' Arnhemia'', ''Deltaria'', ''Gonystylus'' and ''Solmsia ''Solmsia'' is a genus containing one or two species of flowering plant ...

''.Beaumont, A. J., T. J. Edwards, J. Manning, O. Maurin, M. Rautenbach, M. C. Motsi, M. F. Fay, M. W. Chase, and M. Van Der Bank. (2009
''Gnidia'' (Thymelaeaceae) Is Not Monophyletic: Taxonomic Implications for Thymelaeoideae and a Partial New Generic Taxonomy for ''Gnidia''.”
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 160 (4): 402–17.

Species

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Solmsia calophylla ''Solmsia'' is a genus containing one or two species of flowering plants belonging to the family Thymelaeaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. The genus was named to honor Hermann zu Solms-Laubach by Henri Ernest Baillon. It is related to '' A ...

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Solmsia chrysophylla ''Solmsia'' is a genus containing one or two species of flowering plants belonging to the family Thymelaeaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. The genus was named to honor Hermann zu Solms-Laubach by Henri Ernest Baillon. It is related to ' ...

References

Octolepidoideae Endemic flora of New Caledonia Malvales genera Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon {{Thymelaeaceae-stub