Orites

Orites
	Orites lancifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Subfamily:	Grevilleoideae
Tribe:	Roupaleae
Subtribe:	Roupalinae
Genus:	Orites; R.Br.
Synonyms
	Oritina R.Br.

Orites is a genus of nine plant species in the family Proteaceae. Seven species are endemic to Australia (three on the mainland and four in Tasmania), and the other two are from South America (one endemic to the Chilean Andes and the other to Bolivia).

Species

This listing was sourced from the Australian Plant Name Index and other scholarly sources:

Orites acicularis (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult., Yellow bush – Tasmania, Australia
Orites diversifolia R.Br., Variable orites – 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 milliganii Meisn., Toothed orites – Tasmania, Australia
Orites myrtoidea – Chile
Orites revolutus R.Br. – Tasmania, Australia

Formerly included here:

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

References

1 2 3 "Orites". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
↑ George, A.S.; Hyland, B.P.M. (2020). "Orites". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
↑ Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 419. ISBN 9780958174213.

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[APNI-1] 1 2 3 "Orites". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 3 April 2023.

[FOA-2] George, A.S.; Hyland, B.P.M. (2020). "Orites". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 3 April 2023.

[COOPER2-3] Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 419. ISBN 9780958174213.

Orites

Orites lancifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Subfamily:	Grevilleoideae
Tribe:	Roupaleae
Subtribe:	Roupalinae
Genus:	Orites R.Br.
Synonyms
Oritina R.Br.