Overview
Taxonomy
The Tribe Roupaleae is a member of the Subfamily Grevilleoideae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Roupaleae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Subclass: Rosidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder: Proteanae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Order: Proteales
Dumortier, 1829
- Family: Proteaceae
(pro-tee-AY-see-ee)
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily: Grevilleoideae
- Tribe: Roupaleae
- Subfamily: Grevilleoideae
- Family: Proteaceae
(pro-tee-AY-see-ee)
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Order: Proteales
Dumortier, 1829
- Superorder: Proteanae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Subclass: Rosidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
The Tribe Roupaleae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (10): Darlingia · Helicia · Hollandaea · Knightia · Lambertia · Neorites · Orites · Roupala · Triunia · Xylomelum
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 356 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Tribe Roupaleae.
Genera
Darlingia
Helicia
Helicia is a genus of plant in family Proteaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): [more]
Hollandaea
Knightia
Knightia is an genus of fish well-known from abundant fossils found in the Green River Formation of Wyoming, United States. They rarely exceeded 25 cm in length and are found throughout the formation. [more]
Lambertia
Lambertia is a genus of flowering plants, belonging to the family Proteacea. It is endemic to Australia. The genus was named in 1798 by Sir James Edward Smith in honour of English botanist Aylmer Bourke Lambert. [more]
Neorites
Orites
The genus Orites consists of 9 species, 7 endemic to Australia (4 of which occur in Tasmania) and 2 in South America; 1 each in the Chilean Andes and 1 in Bolivia. [more]
Roupala
Roupala is a genus of in family Proteaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): [more]
Triunia
Triunia are medium to tall shrubs or small trees found as understorey plants in rainforests of northeastern Australia. They are members of the Proteaceae family. They are notable for their poisonous fleshy fruits or drupes. Only one species, T. youngiana, is commonly seen in cultivation. [more]
Xylomelum
Xylomelum is a genus of six species in the plant family Proteaceae. They are native to Australia, growing in the form of tall shrubs and trees. The genus includes at least two species with the common name woody pear, Xylomelum pyriforme in the eastern states of Australia, and Xylomelum occidentale in Western Australia. [more]
At least 7 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Xylomelum.
More info about the Genus Xylomelum may be found here.
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