Bauera

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Bauera
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Bauera sessiliflora
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Cunoniaceae
Genus: Bauera
Banks ex Andrews
Bauera rubioides Bauera rubioides Wood.jpg
Bauera rubioides

Bauera is a genus of four species of flowering plants in the family Cunoniaceae, all endemic to eastern Australia. Plants in the genus Bauera are shrubs with trifoliate leaves arranged in opposite pairs and have flowers with four to ten sepals and four to ten white or pink petals.

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Description

Plants in the genus Bauera are erect or prostrate shrubs with trifoliate leaves arranged in opposite pairs, appearing to be simple leaves arranged in whorls of six. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils and are bisexual, with four to ten spreading sepals. There are four to ten pink or white petals, that are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base and longer than the sepals. There are four to many stamens with thread-like filaments and the ovary has two fused carpels and two styles. The fruit is a loculicidal capsule. [1] [2] [3]

Taxonomy

The genus Bauera was first formally described by Henry Cranke Andrews in The Botanist's Repository from an unpublished description by Joseph Banks, and the first species he published was Bauera rubioides . [4] [5] The genus was named in honour of brothers Ferdinand Bauer and Franz Bauer, who were Austrian botanical illustrators. [6]

Species list

The following is a list of Bauera species accepted by the Australian Plant Census as of December 2021: [7]

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References

  1. Walsh, Neville G. "Bauera". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  2. "Bauera". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  3. "Bauera". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  4. "Bauera". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  5. Andrews, Henry C. (1801). The Botanist's Repository. Vol. 3. p. 198. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  6. Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN   978-0-7318-1211-0 page 156
  7. "Bauera". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 9 December 2021.