Tersonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gyrostemonaceae.
It is endemic to Western Australia.
Known species Tersonia cyathiflora , also known as button creeper. Tersonia brevipes , published in 1849,
They all have a syncarps.
Taxonomy The genus name of Tersonia is in honour of Joséphine Louise Moquin-Tandon, born de Terson (1819–1890), wife of the French botanist Alfred Moquin-Tandon (Moq), the author of this genus. It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.13 (Issue 2) on page 40 in 1849.
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