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Leionema Diosmeum Habit
''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'': *'' Leionema ambiens'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson — forest phebalium *'' Leionema bilobum'' (Lindl.) Paul G.Wilson — notched phebalium ** ''Leionema bilobum'' (Lindl.) Paul G.Wilson subsp. ''bilobum'' ** ''Leionema bilobum'' subsp. ''serrulatum'' (F.Muell.) Duretto & K.L.Durham ** ''Leionema bilobum'' subsp. ''thackerayense'' Duretto & K.L.Durham ** ''Leionema bilobum'' subsp. ''truncatum'' (Hook.f.) Duretto & K.L.Durham *'' Leionema carruthers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leionema Lamprophyllum
''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. Three subspecies are recognised: *''Leionema lamprophyllum'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson subsp. ''lamprophyllum'' *''Leionema lamprophyllum'' subsp. ''obovatum'' F.M.Anderson *''Leionema lamprophyllum'' subsp. ''orbiculare'' F.M.Anderson The species occurs in New South Wales, Victoria, Australia, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory. References External links * {{Taxonbar, from=Q6520073 Leionema, lamprophyllum Sapindales of Australia Flora of the Australian Capital Territory Flora of New South Wales Flora of Victoria (state) Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leionema Ellipticum
''Leionema ellipticum'' is a shrub species that is endemic to Queensland in Australia. It is a small shrub with smooth green leaves and creamy-white flowers in spring. Description ''Leionema ellipticum'' is a small shrub to high with smooth, glossy, more or less terete branchlets. The leaves are elliptic, tapering at the base, about long, wide, smooth, papery and rounded at the apex. The inflorescence is a clusters of flowers, each flower about long on a pedicel long and sporadically covered with minute, upright soft hairs. The sepals are shortly attached to the base of the flower, fleshy, triangular shaped, about long and bracteoles falling off early. The white petals are about long, narrow oval shape, smooth and prominently keeled. Flowering occurs from December to January. Taxonomy and naming ''Leionema ellipticum'' was first formally described by Paul G. Wilson in 1998 and the description was published in the Nuytsia. The specific epithet In taxonomy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leionema Rotundifolium
''Leionema rotundifolium'', is a dense shrub with needle-shaped stems and pale lemon to white terminal flowers. It is found in New South Wales and Queensland. Description ''Leionema rotundifolium'' is a bushy, thick shrub to high with terete stems and finely covered in star-shaped hairs. The smooth leaves are flat, leathery and more or less in an overlapping formation along the stems, broadly egg-shaped to almost circular, long, wide, edges smooth or minutely irregular near the rounded apex. The inflorescence is a rounded cluster of flowers on a short stem in the uppermost leaves or bracts. The calyx is shaped like an inverted cone, smooth and broadly triangular shaped. The white to lemon petals are long and dotted with glands. The dry, spreading fruit is long with a short beak. Flowering occurs from late winter to spring. Taxonomy This species was first formally described by Allan Cunningham and he gave it the name ''Eriostemon rotundifolius'' but did not publish the des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leionema Ralstonii
''Leionema ralstonii'', is a small shrub with angular, smooth branchlets and pale green flowers in winter. It is restricted to the south coast of New South Wales. Description ''Leionema ralstonii'' is a small shrub to about high with smooth, substantially angular branchlets. The smooth leaves are sessile, about long, wide, smooth edges rolled under when dry, papery texture, with a slight notch at the rounded apex. The inflorescence is a tight cluster of 4-7 flowers at the end of branches. The smooth leaves are more or less lance shaped, broader at the apex, long, wide, gradually narrowing at the base, margins rolled under or upward when dry. The inflorescence is a compact cyme of 4-7 flowers at the end of branches, the stalk bent downwards, individual fleshy flower stalks are about long. The hemispherical calyx is smooth and fleshy with triangular shaped lobes. The flower petals are pale green, about long and stamens more than double the length of the petals. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leionema Praetermissum
''Leionema praetermissum'', is a shrub with warty stems covered in hairs, white flowers with spreading petals, and prominent stamens. It has a restricted distribution in New South Wales. Description ''Leionema praetermissum'' is a shrub to high with several or few stems emanating from the base. The stems are warty and needle-shaped with occasional white star-shaped hairs. The leaves are smooth, narrow, linear to lance shaped, long, edges slightly rolled under, arranged alternately, sometimes crowded, smooth and sessile or on a short petiole long, and ending with a sharp point. The inflorescence is a cluster of 3-10 flowers at the end of branches or in the leaf axils on a pedicel long, flowers barely longer than the leaves. The peduncle is slender and warty, the pedicels long. The triangular, narrow calyx lobes are smooth on the outside with a stiff apex. The 5 petals are spreading, each petal long, upperside white, underneath pale green, glandular and there are 10 promin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leionema Phylicifolium
''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. Description ''Leionema phylicifolium'' is a compact shrub to high, branchlets are more or less needle-shaped with star to upright shaped soft hairs. The leathery, smooth leaves are oblong to elliptic shaped or narrow with recurved edges, long, wide and smooth margins. The inflorescence is a cluster of mostly 3-4 flowers in a cylindrical arrangement at the end of branches on a small stalk or a peduncle to long in leaf axils. The flower cluster is on a more or less fleshy, smooth pedicel long and has tiny egg-shaped bracts. The smooth calyx lobes are triangular shaped, and smooth. The petals are narrowly elliptic, spreading, long and pale yellow and stamens marginally longer than petals. The dry fruit has occasional hairs, rounded at the apex, about long and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leionema Oldfieldii
''Leionema oldfieldii'' is a small shrub that is endemic to mountainous locations in Tasmania, Australia. It has dark green leaves, compact pale pink to white flowers from November to January. Description ''Leionema oldfieldii'' is a small, compact shrub to high. The branchlets are more or less needle-shaped, with usually star to upright shaped soft hairs. The leaves are leathery, smooth, shiny, egg-shaped to oblong-elliptic, long, wide, flat with slightly rolled edges and finely scalloped toward the rounded apex. The inflorescence is a tight group of terminal, pale pink to white flowers on a fleshy, smooth pedicel about long with two small bracteoles near the base. The petals are elliptic, spreading, about long and smooth. The stamens are slightly longer than the petals. Flowering occurs from late spring to early summer. Taxonomy This species was first formally described in 1858 by Ferdinand von Mueller and gave it the name ''Eriostemon oldfieldii'' and the description was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leionema Obtusifolium
''Leionema obtusifolium'', is a small shrub with yellow-white flowers in terminal clusters at the end of branches. It is endemic to Queensland. Description ''Leionema obtusifolium'' is a small shrub to high with a smooth, shiny appearance. The branchlets are flattened with noticeable acute angles and a finely warty surface. The sessile leaves are smooth, papery, narrowly elliptic or with straight sides and rounded apex to spoon-shaped, long, wide, minutely scalloped near the apex that is rounded to blunt. The flowers are a cyme formation of 10-20 flowers at the end of branches on slender stalks long. The sepals are hemispherical shaped, long and the lobes long. The yellowish white spreading petals are narrowly egg-shaped, about long and the stamens more or less equal in length of the petals. Flowering occurs in spring. Taxonomy This species was first formally described in 1970 by Paul G. Wilson and gave it the name ''Phebalium obtusifolium''. In 1998 Paul G. Wilson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leionema Nudum
''Leionema'' is a genus of more than 20 species of mostly small shrubs in the family Rutaceae, most of which are endemic species, 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'': *''Leionema ambiens'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson — forest phebalium *''Leionema bilobum'' (Lindl.) Paul G.Wilson — notched phebalium ** ''Leionema bilobum'' (Lindl.) Paul G.Wilson subsp. ''bilobum'' ** ''Leionema bilobum'' subsp. ''serrulatum'' (F.Muell.) Duretto & K.L.Durham ** ''Leionema bilobum'' subsp. ''thackerayense'' Duretto & K.L.Durham ** ''Leionema bilobum'' subsp. ''truncatum'' (Hook.f.) Duretto & K.L.Durham *''Leion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leionema Montanum
''Leionema montanum'', is a small shrub with terminal clusters of white-pink flowers in upper leaf axils in spring. It is endemic to Tasmania. Description ''Leionema montanum'' is a small, compact shrub with terete branchlets that grow horizontally along the ground. In between the old leaf bases are lines of star-shaped soft, erect hairs. The leaves are crowded, needle or club shaped, up to long and rounded. The upper-side more or less flat, the lower surface smooth and rounded. The single flowers are borne in leaf axils at the end of branches, flower petals spreading, about long, elliptic, white or pink, smooth and the stamens slightly longer than petals. The pedicel long, smooth or with occasional star-shaped soft hairs, fleshy, and enlarged below the sepals. The 2 or 3 bracteoles are near the triangular-shaped calyx lobes, are about long, fleshy, smooth and similar in appearance to sepals. The dry fruit are rounded at the apex with a short beak. Flowering occurs from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leionema Microphyllum
''Leionema microphyllum'', commonly known as limestone phebalium, is a small shrub with terminal clusters of white-pink flowers in spring. It is a rare plant in Victoria and South Australia. Description ''Leionema microphyllum'' is a small shrub to high with terete branchlets that are covered with tiny star-shaped hairs or sometimes smooth. The stiff, leathery leaves are egg-shaped to broader egg-shaped, long, wide with an apex almost heart-shaped or pointed to rounded, occasionally smooth or with minute star-shaped hairs with flat, smooth margins. The inflorescence is a cluster of 1-4 flowers at the end of branches in upper leaf axils. The white to pink petals are narrowly egg-shaped, about long and smooth, stamens almost length of the petals. The pedicels are long, fleshy, triangular-shaped lobes are about long and smooth. The dry fruit are smooth, about high and the surface finely corrugated with a rounded apex. Flowering occurs in spring. Taxonomy and naming This spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leionema Lachnaeoides
''Leionema lachnaeoides'', is a tall shrub with aromatic leaves and yellow flowers from winter to late spring. It is restricted to the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. Description ''Leionema lachnaeoides'' is a tall shrub to high with white stems covered in fine, smooth, silver star-shaped hairs quickly becoming smooth. The leaves are more or less terete , long, wide, arranged alternately along the branches on a flattened petiole, with a slight upward curve and ending in a point. The leaf upper and lower side and edges are smooth, surface leathery, margins rolled under almost obscuring the paler underside. The flowers are borne singly on a short peduncle about long in upper leaf axils and covered in soft star-shaped hairs. The pedicel is fleshy and about long with 4 tiny bracts at the base. The green calyx lobes are triangular-shaped, about long and smooth. The spreading, five yellow flower petals are narrowly oval shaped, about long, smooth and dotted with glands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
