Solmsia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Speciesbox |image = |genus = Solmsia |parent_authority = Baill. (1871)<ref name=powo/><ref name=baill/> |species = calophylla |authority = Baill. (1871) |synonyms = *''Microsemma calophylla'' {{small|Guillaumin & MacKee (1959)}} *''Solmsia calophylla'' var. ''chrysophylla'' {{small|(Baill.) Guill. (1911)}} *''Solmsia chrysophylla'' {{small|Baill. (1871)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=''Solmsia calophylla'' Baill. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:835196-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref> }}

'''''Solmsia''''' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Thymelaeaceae. It includes a single species, '''''Solmsia calophylla''''', a shrub or tree endemic to New Caledonia.<ref name = powo/><ref>Morat, P., T. Jaffré, F. Tronchet, J. Munzinger, Y. Pillon, J. M. Veillon, and M. Chalopin (2012). The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia. (Le référentiel taxonomique Florical et les caractéristiques de la flore vasculaire indigène de la Nouvelle-Calédonie) Adansonia 34 (2): 179–221. https://dx.doi.org/10.5252/a2012n2a1</ref> The genus was named to honor Hermann zu Solms-Laubach by Henri Ernest Baillon. It is related to ''Arnhemia'', ''Deltaria'', ''Gonystylus'' and ''Lethedon''.<ref>Beaumont, A. J., T. J. Edwards, J. Manning, O. Maurin, M. Rautenbach, M. C. Motsi, M. F. Fay, M. W. Chase, and M. Van Der Bank. (2009) [http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.456.2563&rep=rep1&type=pdf#page=118 ''Gnidia'' (Thymelaeaceae) Is Not Monophyletic: Taxonomic Implications for Thymelaeoideae and a Partial New Generic Taxonomy for ''Gnidia''.”] Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 160 (4): 402–17. {{doi|10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00988.x}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=powo>Govaerts, R. et al. (2019) [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:39527-1 ''Solmsia'' Baill.] ''Plants of the World Online''. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 September 2024.</ref> <ref name=baill>Baillon, H.E. (1871) [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8066834 ''Solmsia'', Adansonia 10: 37]</ref> }}

Category:Octolepidoideae Category:Endemic flora of New Caledonia Category:Thymelaeaceae genera Category:Monotypic Malvales genera Category:Taxa described in 1871 Category:Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon