Tersonia

Genus of flowering plants

Tersonia

Fruit of Tersonia cyathiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Brassicales
Family:  | Gyrostemonaceae
Genus:  | Tersonia
Moq.[1]

Tersonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gyrostemonaceae.[2]

It is endemic to Western Australia.[1][3]

## Known species

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* Tersonia cyathiflora (Fenzl) A.S.George ex J.W.Green, also known as button creeper.[4]
* Tersonia brevipes Moq., published in 1849,[3]

They all have a syncarps.[2]

## Taxonomy

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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 (Moq), the author of this genus.[5] It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.13 (Issue 2) on page 40 in 1849.[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Tersonia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
2. ^ a b Hufford, Larry (November 1996). "Developmental Morphology of Female Flowers of Gyrostemon and Tersonia and Floral Evolution among Gyrostemonaceae". American Journal of Botany. 83 (11): 1471–1487\. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1996.tb13941.x.
3. ^ a b c "Tersonia Moq. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
4. ^ "Tersonia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
5. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

Taxon identifiers

Tersonia|

* Wikidata: Q2712829
* Wikispecies: Tersonia
* APNI: 80334
* CoL: 646Y2
* EPPO: 1TEZG
* FloraBase: 21396
* FoAO2: Tersonia
* GBIF: 3718292
* GRIN: 11946
* IPNI: 31953-1
* IRMNG: 1361633
* NCBI: 26283
* Open Tree of Life: 679980
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:31953-1
* Tropicos: 40011370
* WFO: wfo-4000037827

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