Rhodamnia is a group of rainforest trees and shrubs in the myrtle family described as a genus in 1822.[2][3][4][5][6] They are native to southern China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Australia, and New Caledonia.[1][4][7]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Subfamily: | Myrtoideae |
| Tribe: | Myrteae |
| Genus: | Rhodamnia Jack |
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The name is derived from the Greek rhodon which means "rose". And amnion, "bowl" where the blood of lambs was poured after sacrifice. It refers to the bowl shaped calyx tubes.[8] Leaves are opposite and mostly three veined in appearance. The fruit is a small berry with a few seeds.
- Species[1]
- Rhodamnia acuminata - Qld
- Rhodamnia andromedoides - NC
- Rhodamnia angustifolia - Qld
- Rhodamnia arenaria - Qld
- Rhodamnia argentea - Malletwood - Qld, NSW
- Rhodamnia asekiensis - PNG
- Rhodamnia australis - Qld, NT
- Rhodamnia blairiana - PNG, Qld
- Rhodamnia cinerea - Nicobar, Myanmar, Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra
- Rhodamnia costata - Qld
- Rhodamnia daymanensis - PNG
- Rhodamnia dumetorum - Hainan, Indochina, Langkawi
- Rhodamnia dumicola - Qld
- Rhodamnia fordii - Qld
- Rhodamnia glabrescens - Qld
- Rhodamnia glauca - Qld, PNG
- Rhodamnia hylandii - Qld
- Rhodamnia kamialiensis - PNG
- Rhodamnia kerrii - N Thailand
- Rhodamnia lancifolia - PNG
- Rhodamnia latifolia - Maluku, NG, Bismarck
- Rhodamnia longisepala - Qld
- Rhodamnia maideniana - Smooth scrub turpentine - Qld, NSW
- Rhodamnia makumak - PNG
- Rhodamnia moluccana - Maluku, NG, Lesser Sunda, Java, Sulawesi
- Rhodamnia mulleri - Borneo
- Rhodamnia novoguineensis - Qld, NG
- Rhodamnia pachyloba - Maluku, WNG
- Rhodamnia parviflora - WNG
- Rhodamnia pauciovulata - Qld
- Rhodamnia reticulata - WNG
- Rhodamnia rubescens - Brush turpentine - Qld, NSW
- Rhodamnia sepicana - Maluku, NG, Solomon
- Rhodamnia sessiliflora - Qld
- Rhodamnia sharpeana - Qld, PNG
- Rhodamnia tessellata - Sumatra
- Rhodamnia toratot - PNG
- Rhodamnia uniflora - W Malaysia, Borneo
- Rhodamnia waigeoensis - Waigeo
- Rhodamnia whiteana - Cliff malletwood - Qld, NSW
References
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- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ William Jack (1822), "Descriptions of Malayan Plants, part vii", Malayan Miscellanies, vol. 2, pp. 48–49
- ^ Tropicos, Rhodamnia Jack
- ^ a b Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Snow, Neil (2012), "Five new species of Rhodamnia (Myrtaceae, Myrteae) from New Guinea", PhytoKeys (19): 31–49, doi:10.3897/phytokeys.19.4098, PMC 3597002, PMID 23717189
- ^ Flora of China, Vol. 13 Page 330, 玫瑰木属 mei gui mu shu Rhodamnia Jack, Malayan Misc. 2(7): 48. 1822.
- ^ "Rhodamnia". PlanetNET - Flora of New South Wales. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
- ^ * Floyd, A. G. (2008). Rainforest Trees of Mainland South-eastern Australia (2nd, Revised ed.). Lismore, New South Wales: Terania Rainforest Publishing. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-958943-67-3. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
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