Thomasia
| Thomasia | |
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| Thomasia pygmaea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Byttnerioideae |
| Tribe: | Lasiopetaleae |
| Genus: | Thomasia J.Gay[1]
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Thomasia is a genus of thirty-one species of flowering plants in the family
Taxonomy
The genus Thomasia was first formally described in 1821 by Jaques Étienne Gay in Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.[5][6] The name Thomasia honours Pierre Thomas, his son Abraham, and Abraham's sons Philippe, Louis and Emmanuel, a family of Swiss plant collectors.[6][7]
Species list
The following is a listed of Thomasia species recognised by the Australian Plant Census as at December 2020:[8]
- Steud.- narrow-leaved thomasia
- Turcz.
- Steud.
- E.Pritz.
- Steud.
- J.Gay
- Thomasia × formosa Paust
- Thomasia gardneri Paust - Mount Holland thomasia
- Thomasia glabripetala S.J.Patrick
- Lindl.- large-flowered thomasia
- Steud.
- Endl.- large-fruited thomasia
- Thomasia microphylla Paust
- Steud.- hill thomasia
- E.Pritz.
- Lindl.
- Lindl.- few-flowered thomasia
- F.Muell.- paper flower
- J.Gay
- Benth.- tiny thomasia
- J.Gay- oak-leaved thomasia
- Turcz.
- Turcz.- wrinkled leaf thomasia
- Steud.
- Turcz.
- J.Gay
- Benth.
- F.Muell.
- Thomasia tremandroides Paust
- Turcz.
- J.Gay
References
- ^ a b "Thomasia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ Short, Philip Sydney. "Thomasia". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Thomasia". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Thomasia". APNI. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ a b Gay, Jaques E. (1821). "Monographie des Cinq Genres de Plantes, Lasiopétalées". Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. 7: 450–452. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ "Thomasia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 December 2020.