Lomatia
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Lomatia is a genus of 12 species of evergreen flowering plants in the protea family Proteaceae. Within the family, they have been placed, alone, in their own subtribe, Lomatiinae according to Johnson & Briggs 1975 classification of the family and subsequently in Flora of Australia (1995).
The genus has a Pacific Rim distribution, with members native to eastern Australia and southern South America, forming a part of the Antarctic flora. The species range from prostrate shrubs less than 0.5 m tall to small trees up to 12 m tall.
- Selected species
- Lomatia arborescens - eastern Australia
- Lomatia dentata - Chile, Argentina
- Lomatia ferruginea - Chile, Argentina
- Lomatia fraseri - eastern Australia
- Lomatia fraxinifolia - Queensland
- Lomatia hirsuta - Chile, Peru, Argentina
- Lomatia ilicifolia - eastern Australia
- Lomatia myricoides - southeastern Australia
- Lomatia polymorpha - Tasmania
- Lomatia silaifolia - eastern Australia
- Lomatia tasmanica (King's Lomatia) - Tasmania
- Lomatia tinctoria - Tasmania
References
- Wilson, AJG, Hewson, HJ, Mowatt, J (1995). "Lomatia". In McCarthy, Patrick (ed.) (ed.). Flora of Australia: Volume 16: Eleagnaceae, Proteaceae 1. CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study. pp. 374–382. ISBN 0-643-05693-9.
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- Hoot, SB & Douglas, AW (1998). "Phylogeny of the Proteaceae based on atpB and atpB-rbcL spacer region sequences". Australian Systematic Botany. 11: 301–320. doi:10.1071/SB98027.
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- Johnson, LAS & Briggs, BG (1975). "On the Proteaceae: the evolution and classification of a southern family". Botanical Journal of the Linnaean Society. 70: 83–182. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1975.tb01644.x.
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External links
- Pictures of Lomatia dentata, Lomatia ferruginea and Lomatia hirsuta from Chilebosque.
- [1] - Hoot/Proteaceae