Buckinghamia

taxobox
name = "Buckinghamia"

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image_caption = "Buckinghamia celsissima"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
ordo = Proteales
familia = Proteaceae
genus = "Buckinghamia"
genus_authority = F.Muell
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.|

"Buckinghamia" is a small genus of flowering plants, belonging to the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to rainforest areas in northern Queensland in Australia.The genus was named in 1868 by Ferdinand von Mueller in honour of Richard Grenville, the Duke of Buckingham.

There are two species as follows:
*"Buckinghamia celsissima" F.Muell. (Ivory Curl, Ivory Curl Flower, Spotted Silky Oak, Buckinghamia Silky Oak)
*"Buckinghamia ferruginiflora" Foreman & B.Hyland

References

* [http://www.cpbr.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database, Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra]
* [http://asgap.org.au/b-cels.html Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (ASGAP): "Buckinghamia celsissima"]