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 , Yellow bush – Tasmania, Australia Orites diversifolia , Variable orites – Tasmania, Australia Orites excelsus , Mountain silky oak, prickly ash, white beefwood, southern silky oak, siky oak – NSW and Qld, Australia Orites fiebrigii – Bolivia Orites lancifolius , Alpine orites – NSW, ACT and Victoria, Australia Orites milliganii , Toothed orites – Tasmania, Australia Orites myrtoidea – Chile Orites revolutus – Tasmania, Australia
Formerly included here: Orites sp. Devils Thumb − now Hollandaea diabolica Orites megacarpus − now Nothorites megacarpus
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