Gillbeea is a genus of three species of Australasian rainforest trees from the family Cunoniaceae.[2][3][4][5][6]

Gillbeea
Gillbeea papuana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Cunoniaceae
Genus: Gillbeea
F.Muell.[1][2][3]
Type species
Gillbeea adenopetala
F.Muell.[1][2][3]
Species

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Botanical science has formally published as of July 2021, the names and descriptions of one species endemic to New Guinea and two species endemic to the Wet Tropics rainforests of northeastern Queensland, Australia. These two Wet Tropics, NE. Qld species each only grow naturally in different tablelands rainforest regions, separated from each other for millions of years by a relatively narrow belt of drier non–rainforest landscape.[2][3][5][6][7][8]

Naming and classification edit

In 1865, European science formally published the name and description of this genus using John Dallachy's northeastern Queensland Gillbeea adenopetala type specimen collection, authored by Melbourne based German–Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller.[1] Mueller named this genus after Melbourne medical doctor William Gillbee.[6]

In 1915, the species name Gillbeea papuana and description was formally scientifically published by German botanist Rudolf Schlechter.[9]

In 1960, a revision of this genus and three more related genera of the family Cunoniaceae was published by Dutch botanist Ruurd Dirk Hoogland.[10]

Only in the year 2000, was the species name Gillbeea whypallana and description formally scientifically published by Australian botanists Andrew C. Rozefelds and Belinda Pellow from Tasmania.[3]

In October 2013, a study was published of the molecular phylogenetics and morphologies of the members of the plant tribe Geissoieae of the family Cunoniaceae, including a synopsis of its genera. Evidence was published that Gillbeea was moderately supported as an early relative of the tribe Geissoieae and the authors described the requirement for more evidence, however, before including Gillbeea in an expanded description of the tribe.[8]

Species edit

Sources:[2][3][4][5][6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Mueller, Ferdinand von (Apr 1865). "Gillbeea F.Muell.; Gillbeea adenopetala F.Muell.". XXXI (Digitised archive copy, online, from biodiversitylibrary.org) (in Latin). Vol. 5. Auctoritate Gubern. Coloniæ Victoriæ, Ex Officina Joannis Ferres. p. 17. Retrieved 23 Dec 2013. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Gillbeea%". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 23 Dec 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Rozefelds, Andrew C.; Pellow, Belinda (Aug 2000). "A new species of Gillbeea (Cunoniaceae) from north-eastern Queensland, Australia". Nordic Journal of Botany. 20 (4): 435–441. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.2000.tb01584.x. ISSN 1756-1051.
  4. ^ a b Conn, Barry J. (2013) [2008+]. "Gillbeea". Census of Vascular Plants of Papua New Guinea. (search result listing, matching all starting with "Gillbeea", via www.pngplants.org). Retrieved 23 Dec 2013.
  5. ^ a b c F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Cunoniaceae". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). "Gillbeea F.Muell.". Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 148. ISBN 9780958174213. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 23 Dec 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Gillbeea papuana Schltr". Flora Malesiana. (Online ePortal at dev.e-taxonomy.eu/dataportal/flora-malesiana/). Retrieved 23 Dec 2013.
  8. ^ a b Hopkins, H. C. F.; Rozefelds, A. C.; Pillon, Y. (18 Oct 2013). "Karrabina gen. nov. (Cunoniaceae), for the Australian species previously placed in Geissois, and a synopsis of genera in the tribe Geissoieae". Australian Systematic Botany. 26 (3): 167–185. doi:10.1071/SB12037.
  9. ^ a b Schlechter, R. (1915). "33. Die Cunoniaceae Papuasiens". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (in German). pp. 144–146. Retrieved 23 Dec 2013.
  10. ^ Hoogland, R. D. (1960). "Studies in the Cunoniaceae. I. The genera Ceratopetalum, Gillbeea, Aistopetalum, and Calycomis". Australian Journal of Botany. 8 (3): 318–341. doi:10.1071/bt9600318.
  11. ^ F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Gillbeea adenopetala". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 21 June 2021.