Tasmannia

Tasmannia is a kind of bushes Angiosperme S with long-lived foliage of the family of the Winteraceae . These plants are originating in Australia, of New Guinea, the Célèbes, Borneo and the Filipino .

The Winteraceae are Dicotylédone S primitives (paléodicotylédones) and are regarded as belonging to the oldest plants with flowers because of their floral anatomy and of the structure of their wood.

The plants of this family generally have a bark and aromatic sheets and some are used for their essential oils. The fruits and the dried sheets with pepper odor see their use increasing like Condiment in Australia. The pepper odor is due to an essential oil called Polygodial.

Some species

Tasmannia glaucifolia
Tasmannia insipida cd.
Tasmannia lanceolata (Poir.) A.C.Sm
Tasmannia membranea
Tasmannia piperita (Hook.f.) Miers
Tasmannia purpurascens
Tasmannia stipitata
Tasmannia xerophila

References

Doust, Andrew NR. and Drinnan, Andrew NR., 2004. Floral development and molecular phylogeny support the generic status off Tasmannia (Winteraceae). American Newspaper off Botany 91:321 – 331.
Sampson, F.B., Williams, J.B and Woodland, Poh S., The Morphology and Taxonomic Position off Tasmannia glaucifolia (Winteraceae), 1988. In New Australian Species. Australian Newspaper off Botany 36 (4): 395– 414.
Smith, Keith and Irene. 1999. Grow your own bushfoods. New Holland Publishers, Sydney, Australia.
Robins, Juleigh. 1996. Wild Files: Cooking from the bushfood garden. Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
Bryant, Geoff. 2005. The Random Native House Enyclopedia off Australian Seedlings. Random House, Sydney, Australia.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Flora' S native seedlings. ABC Books, Sydney, Australia.
Low, Tim. 1991. Wild food seedlings off Australia. Angus & Robertson Publishers, Sydney, Australia.

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