Biology:Androcalva

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Androcalva
Commersonia fraseri.jpg
Androcalva fraseri
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Byttnerioideae
Tribe: Lasiopetaleae
Genus: Androcalva
C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock[1]
Type species
Androcalva perlaria
C.F.Wilkins
Species

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Androcalva luteiflora
Androcalva rosea

Androcalva is a genus of 33 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to continental Australia.

Description

Plants in the genus Androcalva are shrubs or trees and have stems, leaves and flowers covered with star-like hairs. The leaves are simple, often with irregularly-toothed or lobed edges, and with ligules at the base but that are sometimes deciduous. The flowers are bisexual, arranged in cymes opposite leaf axils, with 5 sepals, 5 petals, 5 stamens, and 5 staminodes sometimes with 3 lobes. The fruit is a bristly capsule with five valves, and is covered with star-shaped hairs.[2][3][4][5]

Taxonomy

The genus Androcalva was first formally described in 2011 by Carolyn Wilkins and Barbara Whitlock in Australian Systematic Botany and comprises species formerly included in Commersonia (22) and Rulingia (4) as well as 7 new species.[5][6] The name Androcalva means "bald male", referring to the glabrous staminodes.[5][7]

Distribution

All 33 species of Androcalva are endemic to Australia, and species occur in all continental states and territories.[8]

Species list

The following is a list of species accepted by the Australian Plant Census as of March 2023:[9]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Androcalva". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/235982. 
  2. Messina, Andre; Stajsic, Val. "Androcalva". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/c09fe2a4-b106-420d-ad06-6628ff2a5304. 
  3. "Androcalva". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/40900. 
  4. Conn, Barry J.. "Androcalva". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&showsyn=&dist=&constat=&lvl=gn&name=Commersonia. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Blake, Trevor L. (2021). Lantern bushes of Australia ; Thomasias & allied genera : a field and horticultural guide. Victoria: Australian Plants Society, Keilor Plains Group. pp. 88–91. ISBN 9780646839301. 
  6. Wilkins, Carolyn F.; Whitlock, Barbara A. (2011). "A new Australian genus, Androcalva, separated from Commersonia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany 24 (5): 284–349. doi:10.1071/SB10032. 
  7. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 59. ISBN 9780958034180. 
  8. "Androcalva". Plants of the World Online. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77116369-1. 
  9. "Androcalva". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/taxonomy?product=APC&tree.id=51209179&name=Androcalva&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&inc._cultivar=&max=1000&display=apc&search=true. 

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