Biology:Petalostylis

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Petalostylis
Petalostylis habit.jpg
Petalostylis cassioides
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Dialioideae
Genus: Petalostylis
R.Br. (1849)
Species[1]
Synonyms[1]

Petalogyne F. Muell. (1856), nom. superfl.

Petalostylis is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae. It is endemic to Australia, and includes two species of shrubs native to arid tropical areas of Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, the Northern Territory, and Western Australia, where it grows on sand plains, stony ridges and rocky outcrops, creek beds, and scree slopes.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Dialioideae.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Petalosytlis R.Br. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  2. The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7171658 entry