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List Of Flora On Stamps Of Australia
Australia's diverse and often attractive flora has been depicted on numerous Australian stamp issues: *''Acacia baileyana'' – 1978 *''Acacia coriacea'' – 2002 *''Acacia dealbata'' (?) – 1982 *''Acacia melanoxylon'' – 1996 *''Acacia pycnantha'' – 1959, 1979, 1990 *''Acmena smithii'' – 2002 *'' Actinodium cunninghamii'' – 2005 *''Actinotus helianthi'' – 1959 *''Adansonia gregorii'' – 2005 *''Anigozanthos'' 'Bush Tango' – 2003 *''Anigozanthos manglesii'' – 1962, 1968, 2006 *''Armillaria luteobubalina'' fungus – 1981 *''Banksia integrifolia'' – 2000 *''Banksia prionotes'' (?) – 1996 *''Banksia serrata'' – 1960, 1986 *''Barringtonia calyptrata'' – 2001 *''Blandfordia grandiflora'' – 1960, 1967 *'' Blandfordia punicea'' – 2007 *''Brachychiton acerifolius'' – 1978 *'' Callistemon glaucus'' – 2000 *'' Callistemon teretifolius'' – 1975 *''Caleana major'' – 1986 *'' Caltha introloba'' – 1986 *''Calytrix carinata'' – 2002 *''Celmisia asteliifo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of Australia
The flora of Australia comprises a vast assemblage of plant species estimated to over 30,000 vascular and 14,000 non-vascular plants, 250,000 species of fungi and over 3,000 lichens. The flora has strong affinities with the flora of Gondwana, and below the family level has a highly endemic angiosperm flora whose diversity was shaped by the effects of continental drift and climate change since the Cretaceous. Prominent features of the Australian flora are adaptations to aridity and fire which include scleromorphy and serotiny. These adaptations are common in species from the large and well-known families Proteaceae (''Banksia''), Myrtaceae (''Eucalyptus'' - gum trees), and Fabaceae (''Acacia'' - wattle). The arrival of humans around 50,000 years ago and the settlement by Europeans from 1788, has had a significant impact on the flora. The use of fire-stick farming by Aboriginal people led to significant changes in the distribution of plant species over time, and the large-sca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barringtonia Calyptrata
''Barringtonia calyptrata'' is a species of mangrove belonging to the family Lecythidaceae. It is native to New Guinea and to northern Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe .... Gallery File:Barringtonia calyptrata, tree.jpg, Tree growing in Redlynch, Queensland, Australia File:Barringtonia calyptrata flowers 1.jpg, Flowers File:Barringtonia calyptrata flowers 2.jpg, Flowers File:Barringtonia calyptrata fruit 1.jpg, Fruits File:Barringtonia calyptrata fruit 2.jpg, Fruit (scale bar 1 cm intervals) References External links * calyptrata Flora of Queensland Flora of New Guinea Plants described in 1875 {{Lecythidaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dermocybe Austroveneta
''Cortinarius austrovenetus'', alternately known as ''Dermocybe austroveneta'' and commonly known as the green skin-head but also known as green dermocybe is an inedible brightly coloured green Agaricales, gilled fungus that naturally occurs in south eastern Australia. Taxonomy Initially species description, described as ''Cortinarius austrovenetus'' by Australian naturalist John Burton Cleland in 1928, this mushroom along with many other members of the group was separated from the huge genus ''Cortinarius'', and placed in the newer genus ''Dermocybe'', commonly called skin-heads, derived from the meaning of their scientific names. However, this genus is often treated as a subgenus of ''Cortinarius'' only. In 2007, Bruno Gasparini suggested that ''C. austrovenetus'' is the same species as another ''Cortinarius'' in subgenus ''Dermocybe'', ''Cortinarius walkerae, C. walkerae''. If this is true, ''C. austrovenetus'' is a later synonym (taxonomy), synonym and the nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Correa Reflexa
''Correa reflexa'', commonly known as common correa or native fuchsia, is a shrub which is endemic to Australia. Description Plants are quite variable and a large number of varieties and local forms have been identified. Heights vary from prostrate to 1.5 metres high. Leaves are generally oval in shape and range from 10mm to 50mm long. Their surfaces often have visible oil glands and short hairs. The pendant, tubular flowers occur in groups of 1 to 3 and are up to 40 mm long with 4 flaring triangular tips. Colour is variable including pale green, red with yellow tips and other variations. Taxonomy The species was first formally described in 1800 by botanist Jacques Labillardière in ''Relation du Voyage à la Recherche de la Pérouse'' based on the type from Adventure Bay in southern Tasmania. He gave it the name ''Mazeutoxeron reflexum'' and published the description in ''Relation du Voyage à la Recherche de la Pérouse''. The species was transferred to the genus '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coprinus Comatus
''Coprinus comatus'', the shaggy ink cap, lawyer's wig, or shaggy mane, is a common fungus often seen growing on lawns, along gravel roads and waste areas. The young fruit bodies first appear as white cylinders emerging from the ground, then the bell-shaped caps open out. The caps are white, and covered with scales—this is the origin of the common names of the fungus. The gills beneath the cap are white, then pink, then turn black and deliquesce ('melt') into a black liquid filled with spores (hence the "ink cap" name). This mushroom is unusual because it will turn black and dissolve itself in a matter of hours after being picked or depositing spores. When young it is an excellent edible mushroom provided that it is eaten soon after being collected (it keeps very badly because of the autodigestion of its gills and cap). If long-term storage is desired, microwaving, sauteing or simmering until limp will allow the mushrooms to be stored in a refrigerator for several days or froz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochlospermum Gillivraei
''Cochlospermum gillivraei'' is a tree in the family Bixaceae, with the common name In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contrast ... kapok. It is native to Northern Australia. References gillivraei {{rosid-tree-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celmisia Asteliifolia
''Celmisia'' (New Zealand aster or New Zealand daisy) is a genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs, in the family Asteraceae. Most of the species are endemic to New Zealand; several others are endemic to Australia. ; Species and nothospecies #REDIRECT Hybrid name In botanical nomenclature, a hybrid may be given a hybrid name, which is a special kind of botanical name, but there is no requirement that a hybrid name should be created for plants that are believed to be of hybrid origin. ... References PlantNET: New South Wales Flora Online: Genus ''Celmisia''Flora of New Zealand: Taxa: Celmisia {{Taxonbar, from=Q2708310 Flora of Australasia Asteraceae genera Taxa named by Henri Cassini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calytrix Carinata
''Calytrix carinata'' is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is native to arid and semi arid regions of Australia. The shrub typically grows to a height of . It blooms between May and October producing pink-purple flowers Found on dunes, flats and or rocky hillsides in the central Pilbara and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia and the top end and central areas of the Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ... where it grows on gravelly soils over laterite. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15397990 Plants described in 1987 carinata Flora of Western Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caltha Introloba
''Caltha introloba'', commonly known as the alpine marsh-marigold is a small (during flowering 1–2 cm high) hairless, perennial alpine herb, that is endemic to the alpine regions of Australia and Tasmania. Description The alpine marsh-marigold is a small hairless, perennial alpine herb, with short, stout rhizomes, and forms dense mats. Its leaves have petioles of about 5 cm long with a leaf blade that is oblong or lanceolate rounded triangular, 8–40 mm long, emarginate, with 2 lanceolate triangular appendages of 4–20 mm long on the upper surface. The flowering stem is 1–2 cm long, but grows to 5–10 cm when seeds are ripe. The five to eight sepals are between 10 and 22 mm long, white, but often tinged pink or purple, particularly at the base and the veins. Fifteen to thirty stamens with white or often pinkish filaments and yellow pollen encircle six to eighteen free carpels. When ripe, these have developed into follicles which are s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caleana Major
''Caleana major'', commonly known as the large duck orchid, is a small orchid found in eastern and southern Australia.Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, page 241 This terrestrial plant features a remarkable flower, resembling a duck in flight. The flower is an attractant to insects, such as male sawflies which pollinate the flower in a process known as pseudocopulation. In 1986 this orchid was featured on an Australian postage stamp. Description ''Caleana major'' is a tuberous, perennial herb, usually growing to a height of with a single reddish, narrow lance-shaped leaf, long, wide and often spotted, emerging at its base. Up to five shiny reddish brown flowers, long and wide are borne on a thin, wiry flowering stem. (In rare cases, the flower can be greenish with dark spots.) The sepals and petals are long and have pointed tips. The column has broad wings which the dorsal sepal and petals almost touch and the lateral sepals turn back wing-like b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callistemon Teretifolius
''Melaleuca orophila'', commonly known as needle bottlebrush or Flinders Ranges bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the eastern part of South Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name '' Callistemon teretifolius''). It is a medium-sized shrub with sharp-pointed, needle-like leaves and bright red bottlebrush flower spikes. Description ''Melaleuca orophila'' is a shrub growing to tall with hard, fissured bark and rigid branches. Its leaves are arranged alternately and are long, wide, linear in shape and circular or almost so in cross section. The flowers are bright red or orange-green and arranged in spikes on the ends of branches which continue to grow after flowering and also on the sides of the branches. The spikes are in diameter with 12 to 55 individual flowers. The petals are long and fall off as the flower ages and there are 25–42 stamens in each flower. Flowering occurs in spring and is followed by fru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callistemon Glaucus
''Melaleuca glauca'', commonly known as Albany bottlebrush is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name ''Callistemon glaucus''. Lyndley Craven claims that there is no type material for ''Callistemon speciosus'' and includes it here as a synonym.) It is a tall shrub with glaucous leaves and spikes of red flowers in spring. Description ''Melaleuca glauca'' is a shrub growing to tall with hard, fibrous bark. Its leaves are arranged alternately and are long, wide, flat, mostly narrow egg-shaped with a mid-vein and 11 to 20 branching veins. The flowers are bright red and arranged in spikes on the ends of branches which continue to grow after flowering. The spikes are up to in diameter with 20 to 120 or more individual flowers. The petals are long and fall off as the flower ages. The stamens are arranged in five bundles around the flower and there are between 6 and 15 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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