Coleanthera is a plant genus in the family Ericaceae.[2] The genus is endemic to Western Australia,[1] and is currently accepted (1 January 2021) by Plants of the World online,[1] and the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria,[2] but not by the Western Australian Herbarium, where it has been subsumed into the genus, Styphelia,[3] for the phylogenetic reasons given by Darren M. Crayn, Michael Hislop and Caroline Puente-Lelièvre.[4]
It was first described in 1859 by Sergei Sergeyevich Sheglejev,[2][5] and the type species is Coleanthera myrtoides.[6]
The fruit is a 5-celled drupe.[7] The flowers are hermaphroditic and are fertilised by either insects or birds.[7] The calyces of plants in this genus have five sepals and there are five petals.[7]
There are three accepted species in the genus:[1]
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) Coleanthera is a plant genus in the family Ericaceae. The genus is endemic to Western Australia, and is currently accepted (1 January 2021) by Plants of the World online, and the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, but not by the Western Australian Herbarium, where it has been subsumed into the genus, Styphelia, for the phylogenetic reasons given by Darren M. Crayn, Michael Hislop and Caroline Puente-Lelièvre.
It was first described in 1859 by Sergei Sergeyevich Sheglejev, and the type species is Coleanthera myrtoides.
Coleanthera es un género de plantas fanerógama]]s perteneciente a la familia Ericaceae. Comprende 3 especies descritas y aceptadas.[1]
El género fue descrito por Serge S. Stscheglejew y publicado en Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 32(1): 4. 1859.[2] La especie tipo no ha sido designada.
A continuación se brinda un listado de las especies del género Coleanthera aceptadas hasta septiembre de 2014, ordenadas alfabéticamente. Para cada una se indica el nombre binomial seguido del autor, abreviado según las convenciones y usos.
Coleanthera es un género de plantas fanerógama]]s perteneciente a la familia Ericaceae. Comprende 3 especies descritas y aceptadas.