Basisperma (original) (raw)

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Genus of flowering plants

Basisperma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Subfamily: Myrtoideae
Tribe: Kanieae
Genus: _Basisperma_C.T.White
Species: B. lanceolata
Binomial name
**Basisperma lanceolata**C.T.White

Basisperma is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae first described as a genus in 1942.[1][2] There is only one known species, Basisperma lanceolata, endemic to Papua New Guinea.[3]

  1. ^ White, Cyril Tenison. 1942. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 23(1): 84-85 descriptions in Latin, discussion in English
  2. ^ Tropicos, Basisperma C.T. White
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families