Heliciopsis Explained

Heliciopsis is a genus of about fourteen species of trees, constituting part of the flowering plant family Proteaceae. They grow naturally in Myanmar, Indo-China, China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java (Indonesia) and the Philippines. The name means similar to the plant genus Helicia. Its closest relatives are Athertonia (Australia) and Virotia (New Caledonia).^[1]

Species

It includes the following species:

• Heliciopsis artocarpoides
• Heliciopsis cockburnii
• Heliciopsis henryi
• Heliciopsis incisa
• Heliciopsis lanceolata
• Heliciopsis litseifolia
• Heliciopsis lobata
• Heliciopsis mahmudii
• Heliciopsis montana
• Heliciopsis percoriacea
• Heliciopsis rufidula
• Heliciopsis terminalis
• Heliciopsis velutina
• Heliciopsis whitmorei

Notes and References

1. Mast, A. . Austin Mast . 2008 . A smaller Macadamia from a more vagile tribe: inference of phylogenetic relationships, divergence times, and diaspore evolution in Macadamia and relatives (tribe Macadamieae; Proteaceae). . 95 . 7. 843–870. 10.3732/ajb.0700006 . 21632410. etal.