Lomatia

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

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Plant  information

Taxa at ANBG:

• Lomatia arborescens

• Lomatia ferruginea

• Lomatia fraseri

• Lomatia ilicifolia

  • Lomatia ilicifolia x Lomatia myricoides

  • Lomatia ilicifolia x Lomatia myricoides

• Lomatia milnerae

• Lomatia myricoides

  • Lomatia myricoides hybrid

• Lomatia polymorpha

  • Lomatia polymorpha X Lomatia tinctoria

  • Lomatia polymorpha x Lomatia tinctoria

  • Lomatia polymorpha x tinctoria

• Lomatia silaifolia

• Lomatia tinctoria

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Common name:                unknown  

Conservation status:  unknown

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• Evergreen flowering plants

• The species range from prostrate shrubs less than 0.5 m  tall to small trees up to 12 m tall

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Species:                     

• World:            15 S

• Australia:        9 S

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

• Within the family, they have been placed, alone, in their own subtribe, Lomatiinae according to Johnson & Briggs 1975 classification of the family and subsequently in Flora of Australia (1995)

• The genus has a Pacific Rim distribution, with members native to eastern Australia and southern South America, forming a part of the Antarctic flora

• Genetic analysis using microsatellite markers showed that species found close together geographically are most closely related to each other

• Lomatia dentata, then L. hirsuta and L. ferruginea all diverged successively from the lineage that gave rise to Australian species

  • The three Tasmanian species (with L. tasmanica sister to the other two species) are sister to the mainland Australian group

  • L. tasmanica of the three tasmania species, happens to be one of the most endangered species

  • On mainland Australia, the far northern L. fraxinifolia is sister to the other five species, all of which are found in southeastern Australia

  • L. fraseri and L. myricoides are sister taxa, with L. ilicifolia sister to them, while L. arborescens and L. silaifolia are each other's closest relatives

  • Strong genomic filters may facilitate continued gene flow between species without the danger of assimilation

• Species in Australia:

  • Lomatia arborescens - eastern Australia

  • Lomatia fraseri - eastern Australia

  • Lomatia milnerae - Queensland

  • Lomatia ilicifolia - eastern Australia

  • Lomatia myricoides - southeastern Australia

  • Lomatia polymorpha (mountain guitarplant) - Tasmania

  • Lomatia silaifolia - eastern Australia

  • Lomatia tasmanica (King's lomatia) - Tasmania

  • Lomatia tinctoria (guitarplant) - Tasmania

• Species elsewhere:

  • Lomatia dentata - Chile, Argentina

  • Lomatia ferruginea - Chile, Argentina

  • Lomatia hirsuta - Chile, Peru, Argentina

  • Lomatia occidentalis - (Eocene fossil records) Patagonia 

  • Lomatia patagonica - (Late Oligocene-Early Miocene (Ñirihuau Formation) fossil records) Patagonia

  • Lomatia preferruginea - (Middle Eocene fossil records (Ventana Formation) Patagonia