Toronia L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs

Details

Name scientific

Toronia L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 70: 174 (1975)

Preferred name

Toronia L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs

Taxonomy reference

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Linked name

Toronia

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs

Authors

L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs

Publication place

Johnson, L.A.S.; Briggs, B.G. 1975: On the Proteaceae - the evolution and classification of a southern family. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 70(2): 83–182.

Year published

1975

Publication page

174

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Toronia L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Toronia

Etymology

The name Toronia is is derived from the epithet toru, of Maori origin, and the ending -onia to suggest the affinity with Persoonia.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Proteales

Family

Proteaceae

Genus

Toronia

Persoonia Sm.

Description

Fls small, perfect, solitary or racemed. Per. regular, segs separating to base. Stamens attached near middle of segs, filaments short. Ovary ± stipitate, ovules 2-(1), pend.; fr. a drupe, exocarp ± succulent, endocarp thick, hard. Shrubs or small trees; about 60 spp. of Australia and 1 endemic to N.Z.