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Wetria

Genus of flowering plants

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Wetria is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1858. It is native to Australia, New Guinea and Southeast Asia.

Species
  1. Wetria australiensis P.I.Forst. - Papua New Guinea, Queensland
  2. Wetria insignis (Steud.) Airy Shaw - Thailand, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Philippines
Formerly included

moved to other genera (Discocleidion, Trigonostemon)

  1. Wetria cuneifolia - Trigonostemon heteranthus
  2. Wetria rufescens - Discocleidion rufescens
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