Leionema

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Leionema
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Leionema lamprophyllum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Subfamily: Zanthoxyloideae
Genus: Leionema
(F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
Species

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Leionema is a genus of more than 20 species of mostly small shrubs in the family Rutaceae, most of which are endemic to eastern Australia. Plants within this genus have scented foliage and clustered, star-shaped flowers which range in colour from cream to bright yellow. Prior to 1998, all species within this genus were included in the genus Phebalium .

Species list

The following is a list of species and subspecies accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at April 2020, and including the New Zealand endemic Leionema nudum: [1]

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<i>Leionema elatius</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Leionema lamprophyllum</i> Species of shrub

Leionema lamprophyllum, commonly known as shiny phebalium, is a shrub species that is endemic to Australia. It grows up to 2 metres in height, with leaves that are 3–10 mm long and 2–4 mm wide. White flowers are produced in spring.

<i>Leionema bilobum</i> Species of shrub

Leionema bilobum, commonly known as notched phebalium, is a shrub species of the family Rutaceae. It is endemic to south-eastern Australia. The species was first formally described by English botanist John Lindley from material collected during Thomas Mitchell's exploration of the Grampians. His description was published in 1838 in Three Expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia. Lindley gave it the name Phebalium bilobum. The species was transferred to the genus Leionema by Paul G. Wilson in 2003. Four subspecies were formally described in 2006:

<i>Leionema phylicifolium</i> Species of shrub

Leionema phylicifolium, commonly known as alpine phebalium, is a shrub that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a small shrub with green, smooth, leathery leaves and pale yellow flowers in spring.

<i>Cyanothamnus anemonifolius</i> Species of flowering plant

Cyanothamnus anemonifolius, commonly known as narrow-leaved boronia or sticky boronia, is a flowering plant that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with mostly pinnate leaves, with white to pale pink four-petalled flowers in leaf axils.

<i>Cyanothamnus</i>

Cyanothamnus is a genus of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae, native to Australia. Plants in the genus Cyanothamnus are erect or spreading shrubs usually with pinnate leaves arranged in opposite pairs, the leaves or leaflets flat. The flowers are arranged singly or in cymes with minute bracts. The petals are usually pink or white, sometimes blue or yellowish-green.

Marco Duretto is a manager and senior research scientist at the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney in Australia.

References

  1. "Leionema". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. "Leionema nudum". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 2008-12-09.

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