''Solmsia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s belonging to the family

Thymelaeaceae The Thymelaeaceae are a cosmopolitan family (biology), family of flowering plants composed of 50 genera (listed below) and 898 species.Zachary S. Rogers (2009 onwards)A World Checklist of Thymelaeaceae (version 1) Missouri Botanical Garden Webs ...

. It includes a single species, ''Solmsia calophylla'', a shrub or tree endemic to

New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...

. The genus was named to honor

Hermann zu Solms-Laubach Hermann zu Solms-Laubach, more precisely Hermann Maximilian Carl Ludwig Friedrich Graf zu Solms-Laubach (23 December 1842 in Laubach, Grand Duchy of Hesse – 24 November 1915 in Strasbourg) was a German botanist. Life Count Solms-Laubach studi ...

Henri Ernest Baillon Henri Ernest Baillon (; 30 November 1827 in Calais – 19 July 1895 in Paris) was a French botanist and physician. Baillon spent his academic career teaching natural history and publishing numerous works on botany. He was appointed to the Lé ...

. It is related to '' Arnhemia'', ''

Deltaria ''Deltaria brachyblastophora'' is a species of shrub in the Thymelaeaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia and the only species of the genus ''Deltaria''. It is related to '' Arnhemia'', '' Gonystylus'', ''Lethedon'' and ''Solmsia''.Beaumon ...

'', ''

Gonystylus ''Gonystylus'' is a southeast Asian genus of about 30 species of hardwood trees also known as ramin, melawis ( Malay) and ramin telur (Sarawak). Description Ramin is native to Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, the Philippines, and Papua N ...

'' and ''

Lethedon ''Lethedon'' is a genus of shrubs in the Thymelaeaceae family native to Queensland, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu. It is related to ''Arnhemia (plant), Arnhemia'', ''Deltaria'', ''Gonystylus'' and ''Solmsia''.Beaumont, A. J., T. J. Edwards, J. Manni ...

''.Beaumont, A. J., T. J. Edwards, J. Manning, O. Maurin, M. Rautenbach, M. C. Motsi, M. F. Fay, M. W. Chase, and M. Van Der Bank. (2009
''Gnidia'' (Thymelaeaceae) Is Not Monophyletic: Taxonomic Implications for Thymelaeoideae and a Partial New Generic Taxonomy for ''Gnidia''.”
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 160 (4): 402–17.

References

Octolepidoideae Endemic flora of New Caledonia Thymelaeaceae genera Monotypic Malvales genera Taxa described in 1871 Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon {{Thymelaeaceae-stub