Tersonia Explained
Tersonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gyrostemonaceae.[1]
It is endemic to Western Australia.[2]
Known species
- Tersonia cyathiflora, also known as button creeper.
- Tersonia brevipes, published in 1849,[2]
They all have a syncarps.[1]
Taxonomy
The genus name of Tersonia is in honour of Joséphine Louise Moquin-Tandon, born de Terson (1819–1890), wife of the French botanist Alfred Moquin-Tandon (Moq), the author of this genus.[3] It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.13 (Issue 2) on page 40 in 1849.[2]
Notes and References
- Hufford . Larry . Developmental Morphology of Female Flowers of Gyrostemon and Tersonia and Floral Evolution among Gyrostemonaceae . American Journal of Botany . November 1996 . 83 . 11 . 1471–1487. 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1996.tb13941.x .
- Web site: Tersonia Moq. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 10 January 2022 . en.
- 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.
