Orites

Orites is a genus of 9 known species, 7 endemic to Australia (4 of which occur in Tasmania) and 2 in South America; 1 in the Chilean Andes and 1 in Bolivia.

For the bird genus established by Keyserling and Blasius in 1840, see Montifringilla. For the bird genus invalidly established in 1758 by Moehring and in 1841 by G.R. Grey, see Aegithalos.

Orites
Orites lancifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Subfamily: Grevilleoideae
Tribe: Roupaleae
Subtribe: Roupalinae
Genus: Orites
R.Br.[1]
Synonyms[1]

Oritina R.Br.

Species

This listing was sourced from the Australian Plant Name Index and other scholarly sources:[1][2][3]

  • Orites acicularis (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult., Yellow bush – Tasmania, Australia
  • Orites diversifolius R.Br. – Tasmania, Australia
  • Orites excelsus R.Br., Mountain silky oak, prickly ash, white beefwood, southern silky oak, siky oak – NSW and Qld, Australia
  • Orites fiebrigii – Bolivia
  • Orites lancifolius F.Muell., Alpine orites – NSW, ACT and Victoria, Australia
  • Orites megacarpus A.S.George & B.Hyland - endemic to mountains of NE. Qld, Australia
  • Orites milliganii Meisn. – Tasmania, Australia
  • Orites myrtoidea – Chile
  • Orites revolutus R.Br. – Tasmania, Australia
Formerly included here, and awaiting the Australian Plant Census update of the new name to the accepted species names

References
  1. "Orites%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Canberra: Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  2. George, Alex S.; Hyland, Bernie P. M. (1995). "Orites". In McCarthy, Patrick (ed.). Flora of Australia: Volume 16: Eleagnaceae, Proteaceae 1 (online html version). Flora of Australia series. CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study. pp. 347–. ISBN 978-0-643-05692-3.
  3. Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). "Orites R.Br.". Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 419. ISBN 9780958174213. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  4. Ford, Andrew J.; Weston, Peter H. (2012). "A taxonomic revision of Hollandaea F.Muell. (Proteaceae)". Austrobaileya. 8 (4): 670–687.


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