''Commersonia novoguinensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family

Malvaceae Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar o ...

and is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

to New Guinea. It was first formally described in 1980 by

Alexander Gilli Alexander Gilli (29 April 1904 - 16 May 2007) was an Austrian botanist and pteridologist. He was a pioneer in research on plant communities. Some publications * 1968. ''Afghanische Pflanzengesellschaften''. Vegetatio 16 (5/6): 307—375 doi 10 ...

who gave it the name ''Disaster novoguinensis'' in the ''

Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien ''Annalen'' may refer to: * ''Annalen der Physik'', a physics journal * '' Crell's Annalen'', a chemistry journal * ''Liebigs Annalen'', a chemistry journal * ''Mathematische Annalen ''Mathematische Annalen'' (abbreviated as ''Math. Ann.'' or, ...

''. In 2005,

Gordon P. Guymer Gordon may refer to: People * Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters * Gordon (surname), the surname * Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War * Clan Gordo ...

transferred the species to the genus ''Commersonia'' as ''C. novoguinensis'' in the journal ''

Austrobaileya ''Austrobaileya'' is the sole genus consisting of a single species that constitutes the entire flowering plant family Austrobaileyaceae. The species ''Austrobaileya scandens'' grows naturally only in the Wet Tropics rainforests of northeast ...

''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15363446 novoguinensis Endemic flora of New Guinea Plants described in 1980