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Guilfoylia
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Comprehensive catalogue of Queensland plants, both indigenous and naturalised. To which are added, where known, the aboriginal and other vernacular names; with numerous illustrations, and copious
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Surianaceae
Genus: Guilfoylia
F.Muell.
Species:
G. monostylis
Binomial name
Guilfoylia monostylis
Synonyms
  • Cadellia monostylisBenth.
  • Cadellia monostylis var. minorF.M.Bailey

Guilfoylia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Surianaceae. [1] The only species is Guilfoylia monostylis. [2]

Its native range is eastern Australia, and found in the states of New South Wales and Queensland. [2]

The genus name of Guilfoylia is in honour of William Guilfoyle (1840–1912), an Australian landscape gardener and botanist. [3] The Latin specific epithet of monostylis is derived from mono meaning one and stylis referring to the style. [4] It was first described and published in Fragm. (Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae, Melbourne) Vol.8 on page 34 in 1873. [2]

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References

  1. "Guilfoylia F.Muell. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Guilfoylia monostylis (Benth.) F.Muell. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8493-2676-9.
  4. Stearn, William (2004). Botanical Latin. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. ISBN   9780881926279.

List of Australian plant species authored by Ferdinand von Mueller