Tasmannia
plant genus
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Canellales
- In Canellales: Distribution and abundance
…of Drimys into the genus Tasmannia (with about 40 species), which extends from the Philippines to Australia (including Tasmania) and reaches its greatest diversity in New Guinea. The circumscription of Zygogynum has led to the recognition of 3 additional genera, including Exospermum (restricted to New Caledonia), Bubbia (from the Moluccas…
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flowers
- In magnoliid clade: Reproductive structures
…other Winteraceae, most species of Tasmannia have unisexual flowers. The flowers indicate their bisexual origins by the presence of sterile carpels in the centre of the male flowers. In the magnoliids, as in early fossil flowers, the number and arrangement of floral parts varies. In other subclasses these characteristics are…
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