Androcalva is a genus of 33 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to continental Australia.
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| Androcalva fraseri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Byttnerioideae |
| Tribe: | Lasiopetaleae |
| Genus: | Androcalva C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock[1] |
| Type species | |
| Androcalva perlaria | |
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Description
editPlants in the genus Androcalva are shrubs or trees and have stems, leaves and flowers covered with star-like hairs. The leaves are simple, often with irregularly-toothed or lobed edges, and with ligules at the base but that are sometimes deciduous. The flowers are bisexual, arranged in cymes opposite leaf axils, with 5 sepals, 5 petals, 5 stamens, and 5 staminodes sometimes with 3 lobes. The fruit is a bristly capsule with five valves, and is covered with star-shaped hairs.[2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy
editThe genus Androcalva was first formally described in 2011 by Carolyn Wilkins and Barbara Whitlock in Australian Systematic Botany and comprises species formerly included in Commersonia (22) and Rulingia (4) as well as 7 new species.[5][6] The name Androcalva means "bald male", referring to the glabrous staminodes.[5][7]
Distribution
editAll 33 species of Androcalva are endemic to Australia, and species occur in all continental states and territories.[8]
Species list
editThe following is a list of species accepted by the Australian Plant Census as of March 2023:[9]
- Androcalva adenothalia C.F.Wilkins (W.A.)
- Androcalva aphrix C.F.Wilkins (W.A.)
- Androcalva argentea (Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (Qld.)
- Androcalva beeronensis (Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (Qld.)
- Androcalva bivillosa C.F.Wilkins (W.A.)
- Androcalva crispa (Turcz.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock - crisped leaf commersonia (W.A.)
- Androcalva cuneata (Turcz.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (W.A.)
- Androcalva fragifolia C.F.Wilkins (W.A.)
- Androcalva fraseri (J.Gay) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock - blackfellow's hemp, brush kurrajong (N.S.W., Qld.)
- Androcalva gaudichaudii (J.Gay) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (W.A.)
- Androcalva incilis C.F.Wilkins (W.A.)
- Androcalva inglewoodensis (Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (Qld.)
- Androcalva johnsonii (Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (Qld.)
- Androcalva lachna C.F.Wilkins (W.A.)
- Androcalva leichhardtii (Benth.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (Qld.)
- Androcalva leiperi (Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (Qld.)
- Androcalva loxophylla (F.Muell.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (W.A., N.T., S.A., Qld.)
- Androcalva luteiflora (E.Pritz.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (W.A., N.T.)
- Androcalva melanopetala (F.Muell.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (W.A.)
- Androcalva microphylla (Benth.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (W.A.)
- Androcalva multiloba (C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (S.A.)
- Androcalva pearnii (Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (Qld.)
- Androcalva pedleyi (Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (Qld.)
- Androcalva perkinsiana (Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (Qld.)
- Androcalva perlaria C.F.Wilkins (W.A.)
- Androcalva procumbens (Maiden & Betche) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (N.S.W.)
- Androcalva pulchella (Turcz.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (W.A.)
- Androcalva reticulata (Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (Qld.)
- Androcalva rosea (S.A.J.Bell & L.M.Copel.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (N.S.W.)
- Androcalva rossii (Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock - blackfellow's hemp (N.S.W., Vic.)
- Androcalva stowardii (S.Moore) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (W.A.)
- Androcalva tatei (F.Muell. ex Tate) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock - trailing commersonia (S.A., Vic.)
- Androcalva viscidula (Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (Qld., N.S.W.)
References
edit- ^ a b "Androcalva". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ Messina, Andre; Stajsic, Val. "Androcalva". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "Androcalva". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ Conn, Barry J. "Androcalva". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ a b c Blake, Trevor L. (2021). Lantern bushes of Australia ; Thomasias & allied genera : a field and horticultural guide. Victoria: Australian Plants Society, Keilor Plains Group. pp. 88–91. ISBN 9780646839301.
- ^ Wilkins, Carolyn F.; Whitlock, Barbara A. (2011). "A new Australian genus, Androcalva, separated from Commersonia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 24 (5): 284–349. doi:10.1071/SB10032.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 59. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ "Androcalva". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "Androcalva". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 8 March 2023.