Wittsteinia
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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.[1] The name honours Dr Georg Christian Wittstein, the author of an etymological dictionary used as a reference by Mueller.[2]
The genus comprises three species:[3]
- Wittsteinia balansae (Baill.) Steenis from New Caledonia
- Wittsteinia papuana (Steen.) Steen. – from Papua New Guinea
- Wittsteinia vacciniacea F.Muell. – Baw Baw berry, from Victoria, Australia
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