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Catalepidia Heyana
''Catalepidia'' is a genus of Monotypic taxon, a sole described species of medium-sized trees, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae. The species ''Catalepidia heyana'' grows naturally only in a restricted mountain region (endemic) of Queensland tropical rain forests, the wet tropics rain forests of north-eastern Queensland, Australia. Common names include Hey's nut or Hey's nut oak. The species was formally scientifically described by Frederick Manson Bailey in 1901 based on plant material collected from Palm Camp at Mount Bellenden Ker. Bailey placed the new species in the genus ''Helicia'', and named it ''Helicia heyana''. In 1955 the species was transferred to the genus ''Macadamia'' by Dutch botanist Hermann Sleumer and finally to the newly erected genus ''Catalepidia'' by Peter Weston in 1995. References External links Photographs of ''Catalepidia heyana'' at the Australian Plant Image Index Proteaceae Endemic flora of Queensland Proteales of Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
