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]

Rhodamnia
Rhodamnia argentea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Myrteae
Genus: Rhodamnia
Jack
Synonyms[1]
  • Opanea Raf.
  • Monoxora Wight

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ William Jack (1822), "Descriptions of Malayan Plants, part vii", Malayan Miscellanies, vol. 2, pp. 48–49
  3. ^ Tropicos, Rhodamnia Jack
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ Flora of China, Vol. 13 Page 330, 玫瑰木属 mei gui mu shu Rhodamnia Jack, Malayan Misc. 2(7): 48. 1822.
  7. ^ "Rhodamnia". PlanetNET - Flora of New South Wales. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  8. ^ * 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.