Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Magnoliophyta
Classis: Magnoliopsida
Ordo: Asterales
Familia: Alseuosmiaceae
Genus: Wittsteinia
Species: W. balansae - W. papuana - W. vacciniacea

Name

Wittsteinia F.Muell., 1861.

References

* The International Plant Names Index Wittsteinia.
* Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von, 1861: Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae... Melbourne, ii. 136; iii. 166.
* GBIF .

Wittsteinia is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Alseuosmiaceae. The genus was first formally described by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae in 1861.[2] The name honours Dr Georg Christian Wittstein, the author of an entymological dictionary used as a reference by Mueller.[3]

The genus comprises two species:[4]

* Wittsteinia papuana (Steen.) Steen. – from Papua New Guinea
* Wittsteinia vacciniacea F.Muell. – Baw Baw Berry, from Victoria, Australia

References

1. ^ "Genus: Wittsteinia F. Muell.". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?12862. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
2. ^ "Wittsteinia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=WITTSTEINIA. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
3. ^ Corrick, M.G. and Fuhrer, B.A. (2001). Wildflowers of Victoria and adjoining areas. Australia: Bloomings Books. ISBN 1876473142.
4. ^ Kadereit, Joachim W.; Jeffrey C. (2007). Eudicots ; Asterales. Springer. ISBN 9783540310501. Retrieved 2009-12-05.