Bleasdalea

Bleasdalea
Bleasdalea papuana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Subfamily: Grevilleoideae
Tribe: Macadamieae
Subtribe: Gevuininae
Genus: Bleasdalea
F.Muell. ex Domin[1][2]
Species

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Bleasdalea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae.

Taxonomy

Molecular and morphological analysis shows this genus is most closely related to the genus Hicksbeachia, ancestors of the two genera having diverged around 15 million years ago in the Miocene.[3]

Species

The genus comprises two species which are native to northeastern Australia and New Guinea:[4]

References

  1. ^ "Bleasdalea". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Bleasdalea F.Muell. ex Domin". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  3. ^ Mast, Austin R.; Willis, Crystal L.; Jones, Eric H.; Downs, Katherine M.; Weston, Peter H. (2008). "A smaller Macadamia from a more vagile tribe: inference of phylogenetic relationships, divergence times, and diaspore evolution in Macadamia and relatives (tribe Macadamieae; Proteaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 95 (7): 843–870. doi:10.3732/ajb.0700006. PMID 21632410.
  4. ^ Weston, Peter H.; Barker, Nigel P. (2008). "A new suprageneric classification of the Proteaceae, with an annotated checklist of genera". Telopea. 11 (3): 339. doi:10.7751/telopea20065733.


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