''Tersonia'' 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 ...

of flowering plants in the family

Gyrostemonaceae Gyrostemonaceae is a family of plants in the order Brassicales. It comprises 4(-6) genera, totalling about 20 known species. All are endemic to temperate parts of Australia. They are shrubs or small trees with small, often narrow leaves, and sma ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only 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 foun ...

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

Known species

* ''Tersonia cyathiflora'' , also known as button creeper. * ''Tersonia brevipes'' , published in 1849, They all have a syncarps.

Taxonomy

The genus name of ''Tersonia'' is in honour of Joséphine Louise Moquin-Tandon, born de Terson (1819–1890), wife of the French botanist

Alfred Moquin-Tandon Christian Horace Benedict Alfred Moquin-Tandon (7 May 1804 – 15 April 1863) was a French Natural history, naturalist and doctor. Moquin-Tandon was professor of zoology at Marseille from 1829 until 1833, when he was appointed professor of botany ...

(Moq), the author of this genus. It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.13 (Issue 2) on page 40 in 1849.

References

Gyrostemonaceae Brassicales genera Rosids of Western Australia Plants described in 1849 {{WesternAustralia-plant-stub