Orites

Orites
	Orites lancifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Orites; R.Br.
Synonyms
	Oritina R.Br.

The genus Orites consists of 9 species, 7 endemic to Australia (4 of which occur in Tasmania) and 2 in South America; 1 in the Chilean Andes and 1 in Bolivia.

Selected species

Species include:^[1]^[2]^[3]

Orites acicularis (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult., Yellow Bush – Tasmania, Australia
Orites diversifolius R.Br. – Tasmania, Australia
Orites excelsus R.Br., Mountain Silky Oak, Prickly Ash, White Beefwood, Southern Silky Oak, Siky Oak – NSW and Qld, Australia
Orites fiebrigii – Bolivia
Orites lancifolius F.Muell., Alpine Orites – NSW, ACT and Victoria, Australia
Orites megacarpus A.S.George & B.Hyland - endemic to mountains of NE. Qld, Australia
Orites milliganii Meisn. – Tasmania, Australia
Orites myrtoidea – Chile
Orites revolutus R.Br. – Tasmania, Australia

Formerly included here, and awaiting the Australian Plant Census update of the new name to the accepted species names

Orites sp. Devils Thumb (P.I.Forster + PIF10720) / (Pinnacle Rock Track WWC 867) ⇒ Hollandaea diabolica A.J.Ford & P.H.Weston^[4] – endemic to a restricted area in the Wet Tropics rainforests of NE. Qld, Australia

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Canberra: Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Orites%25. Retrieved 6 Dec 2013. {{cite web}}: |contribution= ignored (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ George, Alex S.; Hyland, Bernie P. M. (1995). "Orites". In McCarthy, Patrick (ed.). Flora of Australia: Volume 16: Eleagnaceae, Proteaceae 1. Flora of Australia series. CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study. pp. 347–. ISBN 978-0-643-05692-3. {{cite book}}: |format= requires |url= (help)
^ Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (2004). "Orites R.Br.". Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 419. ISBN 9780958174213. Retrieved 6 Dec 2013. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
^ Ford, Andrew J.; Weston, Peter H. (2012). "A taxonomic revision of Hollandaea F.Muell. (Proteaceae)". Austrobaileya. 8 (4): 670–687.

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[APNI-1] Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Canberra: Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Orites%25. Retrieved 6 Dec 2013. {{cite web}}: |contribution= ignored (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

[Flora-Australia-1995-2] George, Alex S.; Hyland, Bernie P. M. (1995). "Orites". In McCarthy, Patrick (ed.). Flora of Australia: Volume 16: Eleagnaceae, Proteaceae 1. Flora of Australia series. CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study. pp. 347–. ISBN 978-0-643-05692-3. {{cite book}}: |format= requires |url= (help)

[Coopers-2004-3] Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (2004). "Orites R.Br.". Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 419. ISBN 9780958174213. Retrieved 6 Dec 2013. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[Ford-Weston-2012-revision-4] Ford, Andrew J.; Weston, Peter H. (2012). "A taxonomic revision of Hollandaea F.Muell. (Proteaceae)". Austrobaileya. 8 (4): 670–687.

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