''Surreya'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

s belonging to the family

Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus '' Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, making i ...

. It is also in the Polycnemoideae subfamily. It is native to Australia. The genus name of ''Surreya'' is in honour of

Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs Surrey () is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant ur ...

(1946–2009), an Australian botanist and botanical garden taxonomist in Sydney. It was first described and published in

Taxon In biology, a taxon ( back-formation from '' taxonomy''; plural taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular n ...

Vol.62 on page 109 in 2013. Known species: *''

Surreya diandra ''Surreya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is also in the Polycnemoideae subfamily. It is native to Australia. The genus name of ''Surreya'' is in honour of Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs (1946–2009), ...

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Surreya mesembryanthema ''Surreya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is also in the Polycnemoideae subfamily. It is native to Australia. The genus name of ''Surreya'' is in honour of Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs (1946–2009), ...

References

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