Belongs within: Boronieae. Boronia is an Australian genus of shrubs (more rarely small trees or herbs) bearing flowers with pyramidally arranged stamens and fruits composed of basally fused cocci. A small number of species are native to New Caledonia. Characters (from New South Wales Flora Online): Shrubs or rarely small trees or rarely herbs, glabrous… Continue reading Boronia
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Fabidae
Belongs within: Gunneridae.Contains: Zygophyllaceae, Celastrales, Oxalidales, Malpighiales, Fabales, Rosales, Cucurbitales, Faganae. The Fabidae are a major clade of flowering plants united by molecular data, informally referred to in some sources as the ‘eurosid I’ clade. <==Fabidae [Violales]MS10 |–ZygophyllalesAPG16 | |–ZygophyllaceaeAPG16 | `–KrameriaWM09 [KrameriaceaeAPG16] | |–K. erecta [incl. K. glandulosa, K. parvifolia var. imparata, K. parvifolia]H93… Continue reading Fabidae
Oedothorax
My lovely manly humps Published 5 December 2023 The Linyphiidae are one of the most spectacularly diverse of all spider families. Representatives of this family can be found all around the world, from the steamy tropics to the frozen tundra. However, they typically escape attention due to their small size, often only a couple of… Continue reading Oedothorax
Leguminosae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, legumes, are well-known as the largest clade of plants to possess nodules containing nitrogen-fixing bacteria in their roots. The Fabaceae are traditionally divided into three groups recognised as either families (Caesalpiniaceae, Mimosaceae and Papilionaceae/Fabaceae) or subfamilies (Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoideae and Papilionoideae/Faboideae), though recent phylogenetic analyses have indicated that the caesalpinioids are paraphyletic.… Continue reading Leguminosae
Gastrolobium
Belongs within: Mirbelieae. Gastrolobium is an Australian genus of leguminous shrubs, some of which are highly toxic. Characters (from Electronic Flora of South Australia): Shrubs; leaves on very short petioles, verticillate or opposite, simple, entire, usually rigid; stipules mostly setaceous. Flowers terminal or axillary, yellow; bracts usually deciduous; calyx five-lobed, the upper two lobes usually… Continue reading Gastrolobium
Kennediinae
Belongs within: Papilionoideae. The Kennediinae are Australasian pea vines bearing flowers lacking bracteoles and seeds with a prominent aril. <==KennediinaeCP13 |–HardenbergiaCP13 | |–H. comptonianaGK00 | |–H. macrophyllaG28 | |–H. monophyllaC08 | |–H. retusaB00 | `–H. violaceaCP13 `–KennediaCP13 |–K. coccineaGK00 |–K. monophyllaB96 |–K. nigricansCP13 |–K. prorepensMLP09 |–K. prostrataB00 |–K. retrorsa Hemsley 1907MB08 `–K. rubicundaN91 *Type species… Continue reading Kennediinae
Glycine
Belongs within: Papilionoideae. Glycine is an Indo-Australian genus of twining or scrambling herbs bearing racemose inflorescences. The soy bean G. max is a native of eastern Asia that is widely cultivated as a food plant. Characters (from New South Wales Flora Online): Perennial twining or scrambling herbs, stoloniferous or non-stoloniferous; taproot woody. Leaves alternate, pinnately… Continue reading Glycine
Alphitonia
Belongs within: Rhamnaceae. Alphitonia is an Australasian genus of trees with leaves hairy below and bearing blackish fruits. Characters (from New South Wales Flora Online): Trees; buds and young stems pubescent with brownish or rusty hairs, young stems often longitudinally ribbed. Leaves alternate, 2-ranked, dark green and glabrous above, whitish and finely tomentose below, strongly… Continue reading Alphitonia
Celtidaceae
Belongs within: Rosales. The Celtidaceae, hackberries, are shrubs or trees with unisexual (sometimes bisexual) flowers, drupaceous fruits, a curved embryo, and the cotyledons mostly variously folded (Soepadmo 1977, as Celtideae). <==Celtidaceae [Celteae, Celtidoideae] |–Aphananthe Planch. 1848 (nom. cons.) (see below for synonymy)S77 | |–A. aspera [=Homoioceltis aspera]S77 | |–A. cuspidata (Bl.) Planch. in DC. 1873… Continue reading Celtidaceae
Rhagodia
Belongs within: Chenopodiaceae. Rhagodia is an Australian genus of dioecious shrubs with mealy leaves for at least part of their life span (Wilson 1984). Characters (from Wilson 1984): Dioecious shrubs, mealy at least when young with globular hairs that may collapse to form a scurfy or continuous silvery sheen. Leaves opposite or alternate, simple, entire… Continue reading Rhagodia