Solmsia

Solmsia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Thymelaeaceae. It includes a single species, Solmsia calophylla, a shrub or tree endemic to New Caledonia.^[1][4] The genus was named to honor Hermann zu Solms-Laubach by Henri Ernest Baillon. It is related to Arnhemia, Deltaria, Gonystylus and Lethedon.^[5]

Solmsia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Thymelaeaceae
Genus:	Solmsia Baill. (1871)[1][2]
Species:	S. calophylla
Binomial name
Solmsia calophylla Baill. (1871)
Synonyms[3]
Microsemma calophylla Guillaumin & MacKee (1959) Solmsia calophylla var. chrysophylla (Baill.) Guill. (1911) Solmsia chrysophylla Baill. (1871)

References

1. Govaerts, R. et al. (2019) Solmsia Baill. Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
2. Baillon, H.E. (1871) Solmsia, Adansonia 10: 37
3. "Solmsia calophylla Baill". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
4. Morat, P., T. Jaffré, F. Tronchet, J. Munzinger, Y. Pillon, J. M. Veillon, and M. Chalopin (2012). The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia. (Le référentiel taxonomique Florical et les caractéristiques de la flore vasculaire indigène de la Nouvelle-Calédonie) Adansonia 34 (2): 179–221. https://dx.doi.org/10.5252/a2012n2a1
5. Beaumont, A. J., T. J. Edwards, J. Manning, O. Maurin, M. Rautenbach, M. C. Motsi, M. F. Fay, M. W. Chase, and M. Van Der Bank. (2009) Gnidia (Thymelaeaceae) Is Not Monophyletic: Taxonomic Implications for Thymelaeoideae and a Partial New Generic Taxonomy for Gnidia.” Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 160 (4): 402–17. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00988.x