Tersonia

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, wife of the French botanist Alfred Moquin-Tandon, the author of this genus. It was first described and published in Prodr. Vol.13 on page 40 in 1849.