Surreya
Hemichroa diandra, synonym of Surreya diandra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Surreya
R.Masson & G.Kadereit

Surreya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.[1] It is also in the Polycnemoideae subfamily.[2]

It is native to Australia.[1]

The genus name of Surreya is in honour of Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs (1946–2009), an Australian botanist and botanical garden taxonomist in Sydney.[3] It was first described and published in Taxon Vol.62 on page 109 in 2013.[1]

Known species:[1]

  • Surreya diandra (R.Br.) R.Masson & G.Kadereit
  • Surreya mesembryanthema (F.Muell.) R.Masson & G.Kadereit

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Surreya R.Masson & G.Kadereit | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  2. ↑ Rüdiger Masson & Gudrun Kadereit (2013): Phylogeny of Polycnemoideae (Amaranthaceae): Implications for biogeography, character evolution and taxonomy. Taxon 62 (1): 100-111.
  3. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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