Wetria

Wetria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Acalypheae
Subtribe: Cleidiinae
Genus: Wetria
Baill.
Type species
Wetria trewioides (syn of Wetria insignis)
Synonyms[1]

Wetria is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1858.[2][3] It is native to Australia, New Guinea and Southeast Asia.[4][5]

Species[1]
  1. Wetria australiensis P.I.Forst. - Papua New Guinea, Queensland
  2. Wetria insignis (Steud.) Airy Shaw - Thailand, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Philippines
Formerly included

moved to other genera (Discocleidion, Trigonostemon)

  1. Wetria cuneifolia - Trigonostemon heteranthus
  2. Wetria rufescens - Discocleidion rufescens
  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 409
  3. ^ Tropicos, genus Wetria
  4. ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. ^ van Welzen, P.C. & Chayamarit, K. (2007). Flora of Thailand 8(2): 305-592. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.