Mitrasacme is a genus of plants in the family Loganiaceae. The genus includes 55 species[1] mostly in Australia, though also extending to various parts of Asia and the Pacific Islands.[2] Two species also occur in China.
| Mitrasacme | |
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| Mitrasacme polymorpha | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Loganiaceae |
| Genus: | Mitrasacme Labill. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mitragyne R.Br. (1810) | |
The name comes from the Greek, alluding to “the highest point of the mitre”. As the fruit capsule has an alleged resemblance to a mitre.
Species
edit55 species are accepted:[1]
- Mitrasacme aggregata Dunlop
- Mitrasacme albomarginata Leenh.
- Mitrasacme alsinoides R.Br.
- Mitrasacme ambigua R.Br.
- Mitrasacme bogoriensis Leenh.
- Mitrasacme brachystemonea Domin
- Mitrasacme clarksonii Dunlop
- Mitrasacme connata R.Br.
- Mitrasacme elata {{small|R.Br.
- Mitrasacme epigaea Dunlop
- Mitrasacme erophila Leenh.
- Mitrasacme exserta F.Muell.
- Mitrasacmefloribunda Dunlop
- Mitrasacme foliosa C.A.Gardner
- Mitrasacme galbina Dunlop
- Mitrasacme geniculosa Dunlop
- Mitrasacme gentianea F.Muell.
- Mitrasacme glaucescens Dunlop
- Mitrasacme graminea Dunlop
- Mitrasacme hispida W.Fitzg.
- Mitrasacme katjarranka N.Gibson & S.J.van Leeuwen
- Mitrasacme kenneallyi Dunlop
- Mitrasacme laevis Benth.
- Mitrasacme laricifolia R.Br.
- Mitrasacme latiflora S.Moore
- Mitrasacme laxiceps Dunlop
- Mitrasacme lutea F.Muell.
- Mitrasacme maritima Dunlop
- Mitrasacme micrantha Domin
- Mitrasacme multicaulis R.Br.
- Mitrasacme neglecta Leenh.
- Mitrasacme neldneri Dunlop
- Mitrasacme nidulifera Dunlop
- Mitrasacme nudicaulis Reinw. ex Blume
- Mitrasacme nummularia S.Moore
- Mitrasacme oasena Dunlop
- Mitrasacme paludosa R.Br.
- Mitrasacme patens Dunlop
- Mitrasacme phascoides R.Br.
- Mitrasacme pilosa Labill.
- Mitrasacme polymorpha R.Br.
- Mitrasacme prolifera R.Br.
- Mitrasacme pygmaea R.Br.
- Mitrasacme retroloba Dunlop
- Mitrasacme saxatilis Backer ex Cammerl.
- Mitrasacme scopata Dunlop
- Mitrasacme scrithicola Dunlop
- Mitrasacme secedens Dunlop
- Mitrasacme serpyllifolia R.Br.
- Mitrasacme setosa Hance
- Mitrasacme squamigera Dunlop
- Mitrasacme stellata R.Br.
- Mitrasacme subvolubilis F.Muell.
- Mitrasacme thedae M.D.Barrett & R.L.Barrett
- Mitrasacme troglodytica Dunlop
References
edit- ^ a b c Mitrasacme Labill. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Mitrasacme". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online, September 22nd, 2010.
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