Orites

{{About||the bird genus established by Keyserling and Blasius in 1840|Montifringilla|the bird genus invalidly established in 1758 by Moehring and in 1841 by G.R. Grey|Aegithalos}}

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Orites is a genus of nine plant species in the family Proteaceae − seven are endemic to Australia (three on the mainland and four in Tasmania), one is endemic to the Chilean Andes and one to Bolivia.

Species

This listing was sourced from the Australian Plant Name Index and other scholarly sources:{{R|APNI|FOA|COOPER2}}

Orites acicularis {{Au|(R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.}}, Yellow bush – Tasmania, Australia
Orites diversifolia {{Au|R.Br.}}, Variable orites – Tasmania, Australia
Orites excelsus {{Au|R.Br.}}, Mountain silky oak, prickly ash, white beefwood, southern silky oak, siky oak – NSW and Qld, Australia
Orites fiebrigii – Bolivia
Orites lancifolius {{Au|F.Muell.}}, Alpine orites – NSW, ACT and Victoria, Australia
Orites milliganii {{Au|Meisn.}}, Toothed orites – Tasmania, Australia
Orites myrtoidea – Chile
Orites revolutus {{Au|R.Br.}} – Tasmania, Australia

Formerly included here:

Orites sp. Devils Thumb − now Hollandaea diabolica
Orites megacarpus - now Nothorites megacarpus

References

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{{cite web |url=https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/55985 |title=Orites |website=Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) |publisher=Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government |access-date=3 April 2023}}

{{cite web |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Orites |title=Orites |last1=George |first1=A.S. |last2=Hyland |first2=B.P.M. |year=2020 |website=Flora of Australia |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, the Environment and Water: Canberra |access-date=3 April 2023}}

{{Cite book |last1=Cooper |first1=Wendy |last2=Cooper |first2=William T. |author-link2=William T. Cooper |date=June 2004 |title=Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest |publication-place=Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia |publisher=Nokomis Editions |isbn=9780958174213 |url=https://www.nokomis.com.au/product/nokomis-published-books/fruits-australian-tropical-rainforest/ |page=419}}

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Category:Proteaceae genera

Category:Proteales of Australia