Monotypic genus of plants in the family Proteaceae from Peru and Ecuador
Oreocallis
Flowers of Oreocallis grandiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Order:
Proteales
Family:
Proteaceae
Subfamily:
Grevilleoideae
Tribe:
Embothrieae
Subtribe:
Embothriinae
Genus:
Oreocallis R.Br.
Species:
O. grandiflora
Binomial name
Oreocallis grandiflora
(Lam.) R.Br.
Oreocallis is a South American plant genus in the family Proteaceae. There is only one species, Oreocallis grandiflora, which is native to mountainous regions in Peru and Ecuador.
Previously, the genus was considered to have several species on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, however the four Australasian species were reclassified in the genus Alloxylon.[1]
The genus was originally defined by Robert Brown in 1810 to contain the Australian species now classified elsewhere, while the two recognised South American species were placed in Embothrium at the time. A reclassification by Dutch botanist Hermann Otto Sleumer in 1954 saw these species transferred into Oreocallis.[2] A second species O. mucronata, has been reclassified as conspecific with O. grandiflora. Some recent sources recognize both species.[3]
^Crisp, Michael D.; Weston, Peter H. (1995). "Alloxylon". In McCarthy, Patrick (ed.). Flora of Australia: Volume 16: Eleagnaceae, Proteaceae 1. CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study. pp. 382–386. ISBN 0-643-05693-9.
^Wrigley, John; Fagg, Murray (1991). Banksias, Waratahs and Grevilleas. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. pp. 467–68. ISBN 0-207-17277-3.
^2. Oreocallis R. Br., Ulloa Ulloa, C. & P. M. Jørgensen (2004 and onwards), Árboles y arbustos de los Andes del Ecuador
Oreocallis is a South American plant genus in the family Proteaceae. There is only one species, Oreocallis grandiflora, which is native to mountainous...
realised there were two species in the region—Oreocallis wickhamii and what became known as Oreocallis sp. nova. Peter Weston and Mike Crisp of the Royal...
and reclassified as Oreocallis pinnata by Dutch botanist Hermann Otto Sleumer in 1954. The Australian members of the genus Oreocallis were recognised as...
Islands. The genus is a relatively new creation, being split off from Oreocallis in 1991. The name is derived from Ancient Greek allo- "other" or "strange"...
closest relatives appear to be the genera Alloxylon (tree waratahs), Oreocallis and Embothrium, a group of generally terminal red-flowering plants that...
tree waratahs (Alloxylon) from eastern Australia and New Caledonia, and Oreocallis and the Chilean firetree (Embothrium coccineum) from South America. Almost...
from eastern Australia and New Caledonia, and the South American genera Oreocallis and Embothrium. Almost all of these species have red terminal flowers...
as Embothrium brachycarpum in 1939 before transferring it to the genus Oreocallis. However the fruit of the type specimen were deformed and the species...
tree waratahs (Alloxylon) from eastern Australia and New Caledonia, and Oreocallis and Chilean firetree (Embothrium coccineum) from South America. Almost...
tree waratahs (Alloxylon) from eastern Australia and New Caledonia, and Oreocallis and Chilean firetree (Embothrium coccineum) from South America. Almost...
Río Pichileufú, Río Negro Province, Argentina) Together with Telopea, Oreocallis and Alloxylon, Embothrium makes up a small group of terminal often red-flowering...
tree waratahs (Alloxylon) from eastern Australia and New Caledonia, and Oreocallis and the Chilean firetree (Embothrium coccineum) from South America. Almost...
being found on Hakea, Lambertia, Grevillea, Leptospermum, Macadamia, Oreocallis, Persoonia and Telopea. The larvae of some species bore into stems or...
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