Mitrasacme

Mitrasacme
Mitrasacme
Mitrasacme polymorpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Loganiaceae
Genus: Mitrasacme
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Mitrasacme is a genus of plant in family Loganiaceae. Around 40 species occur,[1] mostly in Australia, though also extending to various parts of Asia and the Pacific Islands. Two species also occur in China.

The name comes from the Greek, alluding to “the highest point of the mitre”. As the fruit capsule has an alleged resemblance to a mitre.

Selected Species

  • Mitrasacme alsinoides
  • Mitrasacme ambigua
  • Mitrasacme connata
  • Mitrasacme epigaea
  • Mitrasacme exserta
  • Mitrasacme foliosa
  • Mitrasacme paradoxa
  • Mitrasacme paludosa
  • Mitrasacme pilosa
  • Mitrasacme polymorpha
  • Mitrasacme serpyllifolia

References

  1. ^ "Mitrasacme". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online retrieved September 22nd, 2010. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Mitrasacme. 


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