Rhodamnia

Rhodamnia is a group of rainforest trees and shrubs in the myrtle family described as a genus in 1822.[2][3][4][5][6] They are native to southern China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Australia, and New Caledonia.[1][4][7]

Rhodamnia
Rhodamnia argentea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Myrteae
Genus: Rhodamnia
Jack
Synonyms[1]
  • Opanea Raf.
  • Monoxora Wight

The name is derived from the Greek Rhodon which means "rose". And aminon, "bowl" where the blood of lambs was poured after sacrifice. It refers to the bowl shaped calyx tubes.[8] Leaves are opposite and mostly three veined in appearance. The fruit is a small berry with a few seeds.

Species[1]
  1. Rhodamnia acuminata - Qld
  2. Rhodamnia andromedoides - NC
  3. Rhodamnia angustifolia - Qld
  4. Rhodamnia arenaria - Qld
  5. Rhodamnia argentea - Malletwood - Qld, NSW
  6. Rhodamnia asekiensis - PNG
  7. Rhodamnia australis - Qld, NT
  8. Rhodamnia blairiana - PNG, Qld
  9. Rhodamnia cinerea - Nicobar, Myanmar, Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra
  10. Rhodamnia costata - Qld
  11. Rhodamnia daymanensis - PNG
  12. Rhodamnia dumetorum - Hainan, Indochina, Langkawi
  13. Rhodamnia dumicola - Qld
  14. Rhodamnia fordii - Qld
  15. Rhodamnia glabrescens - Qld
  16. Rhodamnia glauca - Qld, PNG
  17. Rhodamnia hylandii - Qld
  18. Rhodamnia kamialiensis - PNG
  19. Rhodamnia kerrii - N Thailand
  20. Rhodamnia lancifolia - PNG
  21. Rhodamnia latifolia - Maluku, NG, Bismarck
  22. Rhodamnia longisepala - Qld
  23. Rhodamnia maideniana - Smooth scrub turpentine - Qld, NSW
  24. Rhodamnia makumak - PNG
  25. Rhodamnia moluccana - Maluku, NG, Lesser Sunda, Java, Sulawesi
  26. Rhodamnia mulleri - Borneo
  27. Rhodamnia novoguineensis - Qld, NG
  28. Rhodamnia pachyloba - Maluku, WNG
  29. Rhodamnia parviflora - WNG
  30. Rhodamnia pauciovulata - Qld
  31. Rhodamnia reticulata - WNG
  32. Rhodamnia rubescens - Brush turpentine - Qld, NSW
  33. Rhodamnia sepicana - Maluku, NG, Solomon
  34. Rhodamnia sessiliflora - Qld
  35. Rhodamnia sharpeana - Qld, PNG
  36. Rhodamnia tessellata - Sumatra
  37. Rhodamnia toratot - PNG
  38. Rhodamnia uniflora - W Malaysia, Borneo
  39. Rhodamnia waigeoensis - Waigeo
  40. Rhodamnia whiteana - Cliff malletwood - Qld, NSW

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. William Jack (1822), "Descriptions of Malayan Plants, part vii", Malayan Miscellanies, 2, pp. 48–49
  3. Tropicos, Rhodamnia Jack
  4. Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. Snow, Neil (2012), "Five new species of Rhodamnia (Myrtaceae, Myrteae) from New Guinea", PhytoKeys, 19 (19): 31–49, doi:10.3897/phytokeys.19.4098, PMC 3597002, PMID 23717189
  6. Flora of China, Vol. 13 Page 330, 玫瑰木属 mei gui mu shu Rhodamnia Jack, Malayan Misc. 2(7): 48. 1822.
  7. "Rhodamnia". PlanetNET - Flora of New South Wales. Retrieved 2020-08-11.


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