
''Spiraeanthemum'' is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family
Cunoniaceae
Cunoniaceae is a family of 27 genera and about 335 species of woody plants in the order Oxalidales, mostly found in the tropical and wet temperate regions of the Southern Hemisphere.
The greatest diversity of genera are in Australia and Tasmania ...
. it includes about 19 species from
Australia,
New Guinea
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Solomon Islands
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New Caledonia,
Vanuatu
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Fiji and
Samoa
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. Leaves are simple, opposite or whorled, with toothed or entire margins. Inflorescences are paniculate, flowers unisexual or hermaphrodite, and the fruits are follicular with free carpels. It belongs to the tribe Spiraeanthemeae,
and now includes the species formerly placed in ''Acsmithia''.
List of species
Australia
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Spiraeanthemum davidsonii
''Spiraeanthemum'' is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Cunoniaceae. it includes about 19 species from Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa. Leaves are simple, opposite or whorled, with toothed ...
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New Guinea and Moluccas
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Spiraeanthemum integrifolium
''Spiraeanthemum'' is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Cunoniaceae. it includes about 19 species from Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa. Leaves are simple, opposite or whorled, with toothed ...
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Spiraeanthemum parvifolium
''Spiraeanthemum'' is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Cunoniaceae. it includes about 19 species from Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa. Leaves are simple, opposite or whorled, with toothed ...
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Spiraeanthemum pulleana
''Spiraeanthemum'' is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Cunoniaceae. it includes about 19 species from Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa. Leaves are simple, opposite or whorled, with toothed ...
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Spiraeanthemum reticulatum
''Spiraeanthemum'' is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Cunoniaceae. it includes about 19 species from Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa. Leaves are simple, opposite or whorled, with toothed ...
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Solomon Islands, New Britain, New Ireland and Bougainville
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Spiraeanthemum bougainvillense
''Spiraeanthemum'' is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Cunoniaceae. it includes about 19 species from Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa. Leaves are simple, opposite or whorled, with toothe ...
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Spiraeanthemum macgillivrayi'' subsp. ''kajewskii''
Vanuatu
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Spiraeanthemum macgillivrayi'' subsp. ''macgillivrayi''
New Caledonia
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Spiraeanthemum brongniartianum''
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Spiraeanthemum collinum
''Spiraeanthemum'' is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Cunoniaceae. it includes about 19 species from Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa. Leaves are simple, opposite or whorled, with toothed ...
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Spiraeanthemum densiflorum''
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Spiraeanthemum ellipticum''
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Spiraeanthemum meridionale''
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Spiraeanthemum pedunculatum''
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Spiraeanthemum pubescens''
Fiji
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Spiraeanthemum graeffei''
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Spiraeanthemum katakata''
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Spiraeanthemum serratum''
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Spiraeanthemum vitiense''
Samoa
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Spiraeanthemum samoense''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q146990
Oxalidales genera
Flora of New Caledonia
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot