Stenanthemum

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Stenanthemum
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Stenanthemum nanum
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Stenanthemum
Reissek [1]
Species

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Synonyms [1]
  • Cryptandra sect. Solenandra(Reissek) T.Post & Kuntze p.p.
  • Cryptandra sect. Stenanthemum(Reissek) Suess.
  • Cryptandra sect. Stenocodon Hook.f.
  • Cryptandra subg. SolenandraReissek p.p.
  • Solenandra(Reissek) Kuntze nom. illeg. p.p.
  • Spyridium sect. Stenanthemum(Reissek) F.Muell.

Stenanthemum is a genus of flowering plants family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Stenanthemum are small shrubs usually lacking spines. The leaves are arranged alternately along the branches, simple, usually folded in half lengthwise on a short petiole. The flowers are arranged in dense heads, usually on the ends of branches with bracts at the base of the flowers, and there are sometimes whitish floral leaves. The flowers are bisexual, more or less sessile and have five sepals, five petals and a tube-shaped hypanthium, the petals hooded over the stamens. The fruit is a schizocarp containing spotted or mottled seeds. [2] [3] [4]

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Stenanthemum leucophractum in Cox Scrub Conservation Park Stenanthemum leucophractum.jpg
Stenanthemum leucophractum in Cox Scrub Conservation Park
Stenanthemum emarginatum Stenanthemum emarginatum (15248678859).jpg
Stenanthemum emarginatum

Taxonomy

The genus Stenanthemum was first formally described in 1858 by Siegfried Reissek in the journal Linnaea . [5] [6] The genus name means "narrow flower". [7]

List of species

The following is a list of species of Stenanthemum accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at November 2022: [8]

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<i>Stenanthemum pomaderroides</i> Species of flowering plant

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References

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  2. Walsh, Neville G. "Stenanthemum". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  3. Kellerman, Jürgen; Thiele, Kevin R. Kodela, Phillip G. (ed.). "Stenanthemum". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  4. "Stenanthemum". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  5. "Stenanthemum". APNI. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  6. Reissek, Siegfried (1858). "Plantae Muellerianae Australasicae - Celastrineae, Rhamneae". Linnaea: Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde. 29 (3): 295. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  7. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 115. ISBN   9780958034180.
  8. "Stenanthemum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 24 November 2022.