Petrobium
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| Petrobium | |
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| File:MELLISS(1875) p399 - PLATE 42 - Pretobium Arboreum.jpg | |
| Petrobium arboreum[1] | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Coreopsideae |
| Genus: | Petrobium R.Br. 1818 not Bong. 1838 (Melastomataceae)[3] |
| Species: | P. arboreum
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| Binomial name | |
| Petrobium arboreum (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br. ex Spreng.
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| Synonyms[4] | |
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Petrobium is a genus in the family Asteraceae.[5][6]
The only known species is Petrobium arboreum, called Saint Helena whitewood. It is found in the tree-fern thicket at the top of the central ridge of island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. The plants are either female or hermaphrodite, i.e. the species is gynodioecious.[4]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ 1875 illustration from page 399 of St. Helena: a physical, historical, and topographical description of the island ... The botanical plates from original drawings by Mrs. J. C. Melliss, by Melliss, John Charles. Original held and digitised by the British Library
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Tropicos, search for Petrobium
- ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-12-29 at archive.today
- ^ Brown, Robert. 1818. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 12(1): 113-114 description in Latin, commentary in English
- ^ Tropicos, Petrobium R. Br.
External links
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