Dansiea Explained

Dansiea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Combretaceae.^[1]

Its native range is Northeastern Australia.

The genus name honours Samuel Justin Dansie (1927–2012), an Australian forester and plant collector,^[2] it was published in Austrobaileya Vol.1 on page 385 in 1981.

Species known:

• Dansiea elliptica
• Dansiea grandiflora

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dansiea Byrnes Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 21 March 2021 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.