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Niemeyera

Niemeyera
Niemeyera whitei new growth.jpg
Niemeyera whitei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Genus: Niemeyera
F.Muell. 1870, conserved name, not F.Muell. 1867 (syn of Apostasia in Orchidaceae)

Niemeyera is a genus of plants in the Sapotaceae family described as a genus in 1870. The entire genus is endemic to Australia (States of Queensland and New South Wales). Its closest relative is Pycnandra from New Caledonia.

now in other genera: Amorphospermum Chrysophyllum Pycnandra

In 1867, Muller used the name Niemeyera to refer to a very different plant, now placed in the Orchidaceae. This name, although older than the 1870 name in the Sapotaceae, is now considered a rejected name. Hence:








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