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Cyphanthera

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Cyphanthera
Cyphanthera albicans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Subfamily: Nicotianoideae
Tribe: Anthocercideae
Genus: Cyphanthera
Miers[1]
Species

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Cyphanthera is a genus of nine species of flowering plants in the family Solanaceae and are endemic to Australia.[2]

Taxonomy

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The genus Cyphanthera was first formally described in 1853 by John Miers in Journal of Natural History.[3][4] The genus name means "bent anther".[5]

Species list

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The following is a list of Cyphanthera species accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at January 2024:[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Cyphanthera". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Cyphanthera". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  3. ^ "Cyphanthera". APNI. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  4. ^ Miers, John (1853). "On the genera of the Tribe Duboisieae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 2 (11): 376. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  5. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 73. ISBN 9780958034180.
  6. ^ "Cyphanthera". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 25 January 2024.