Psammomoya choretroides explained

Psammomoya choretroides is a small shrub in the Celastraceae family, endemic to the south west of Western Australia.^[1] It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1889 as Logania choretroides,^[2] but was transferred to the genus, Psammomoya, in 1904 by Ludwig Diels and Ludwig Eduard Theodor Loesener.^[3]

Description

Mueller described it as follows:

Etymology

Mueller considered the plant to be like a Choretrum, and hence described it using the species epithet, choretroides ("Choretrum-like").^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: L.W.Jessup. 2020. Psammomoya choretroides. Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Psammomoya%20choretroides. 2021-04-07.
2. Mueller, F.J.H. von . 1889. Description of a new Logania. The Victorian Naturalist . 6. 7. 118.
3. Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. 6 December 1904. Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. 35. 2–3. 340, fig. 41 A–H. la.