Wetria

<i>Wetria</i>

Wetria

Genus of flowering plants


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

Quick Facts Wetria, Scientific classification ...

moved to other genera (Discocleidion, Trigonostemon)

  1. Wetria cuneifolia - Trigonostemon heteranthus
  2. Wetria rufescens - Discocleidion rufescens

References

  1. Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 409
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

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