Orites

For the bird genus established by Keyserling and Blasius in 1840, see Montifringilla. For the bird genus invalidly established in 1758 by Moehring and in 1841 by G.R. Grey, see Aegithalos.

Orites is a genus of nine plant species in the family Proteaceae − seven are endemic to Australia (three on the mainland and four in Tasmania), one is endemic to the Chilean Andes and one to Bolivia.

Orites
Orites lancifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Subfamily:	Grevilleoideae
Tribe:	Roupaleae
Subtribe:	Roupalinae
Genus:	Orites R.Br.[1]
Synonyms[1]
Oritina R.Br.

Species

This listing was sourced from the Australian Plant Name Index and other scholarly sources:^[1][2][3]

• Orites acicularis (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult., Yellow bush – Tasmania, Australia
• Orites diversifolia R.Br., Variable orites – Tasmania, Australia
• Orites excelsus R.Br., Mountain silky oak, prickly ash, white beefwood, southern silky oak, siky oak – NSW and Qld, Australia
• Orites fiebrigii – Bolivia
• Orites lancifolius F.Muell., Alpine orites – NSW, ACT and Victoria, Australia
• Orites milliganii Meisn., Toothed orites – Tasmania, Australia
• Orites myrtoidea – Chile
• Orites revolutus R.Br. – Tasmania, Australia

Formerly included here:

• Orites sp. Devils Thumb − now Hollandaea diabolica
• Orites megacarpus - now Nothorites megacarpus