''Dillwynia'' is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family

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to Australia. Plants in this genus are shrubs with simple leaves and yellow or red and yellow flowers similar to others in the family.

Description

Plants in the genus ''Dillwynia'' are shrubs with simple leaves that are linear, needle-shaped leaves with a groove along the upper surface or triangular in cross-section. The flowers are yellow or red and yellow and usually arranged singly or in small groups in leaf axils or on the ends of branchlets. The upper two of five

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lobes are joined in a single "lip", the standard petal is broader than long, and the

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is no longer than the

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. The

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s are free from each other, the

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is on a short stalk and the fruit is a more or less

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pod.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Dillwynia'' was first formally described in 1805 by

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in ''Annals of Botany''. The name ''Dillwynia'' honours

Lewis Weston Dillwyn Lewis Weston Dillwyn, FRS (21 August 1778 – 31 August 1855) was a British porcelain manufacturer, naturalist and Whig Member of Parliament (MP). Biography He was born in Walthamstow, Essex, the eldest son of William Dillwyn (1743–1824) and ...

"whose scientific labours respecting the genus ''Conferva'', as well as his knowledge in other abstruse parts of botany, merit such a memorial".

Species list

The following is a list of ''Dillwynia'' species accepted by the

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and

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as at May 2021: * ''

Dillwynia acerosa ''Dillwynia acerosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect spindly shrub with hairy, needle-shaped leaves and yellow flowers. Description ''Dillwynia acerosa'' is an erect, sp ...

S.Moore Spencer Le Marchant Moore (1 November 1850 – 14 March 1931) was an English botanist. Biography Moore was born in Hampstead. He worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, from about 1870 to 1879, wrote a number of botanical papers, and then work ...

(W.A.) * ''

Dillwynia acicularis ''Dillwynia acicularis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with linear, grooved leaves and yellow flowers with red markings. Description ''Dillwynia acicularis'' is an ...

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(N.S.W.) * ''

Dillwynia brunioides ''Dillwynia brunioides'', commonly known as sandstone parrot-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with silky-hairy stems, linear, grooved leaves and yellow flowers wit ...

Meisn. Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Biography Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...

– sandstone parrot-pea (N.S.W.) * ''

Dillwynia cinerascens ''Dillwynia cinerascens'', commonly known as grey parrot-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect to low-lying shrub with linear or thread-like leaves and orange or yell ...

'' R.Br. — grey parrot-pea (S.A., N.S.W., Vic., Tas.) * ''

Dillwynia crispii ''Dillwynia crispii'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Morton National Park in eastern New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with glabrous, linear leaves and yellow flowers with red markings. Description ' ...

'' Jobson & P.H.Weston (N.S.W.) * ''

Dillwynia dillwynioides ''Dillwynia dillwynioides'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low-lying or erect, spindly shrub with cylindrical, grooved leaves and yellow, red or orange flowers ...

'' (Meisn.) Druce (W.A.) * ''

Dillwynia divaricata ''Dillwynia divaricata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with cylindrical, grooved leaves and yellow flowers with brownish markings. Desc ...

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(W.A.) * ''

Dillwynia elegans ''Dillwynia elegans'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with more or less cylindrical, grooved leaves and yellow flowers with red markings. Description ''Dillw ...

Endl. Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher also known as Endlicher István László (24 June 1804, Pressburg, Bratislava (Pozsony) – 28 March 1849, Vienna) was an Austrian Empire, Austrian botanist, numismatist and Sinologist. He was a director of the Botan ...

(N.S.W.) * ''

Dillwynia floribunda ''Dillwynia floribunda '' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with hairy stems, crowded, grooved, linear leaves and yellow flowers with red markings. Description ''Dill ...

'' Sm. (Qld., N.S.W.) * ''

Dillwynia glaberrima ''Dillwynia glaberrima'', the smooth parrot-pea, is a plant in the pea family, Fabaceae, native to Australia. Description This species is a spreading or erect shrub to 2 metres in height with cylindrical leaves to 2.5 cm long, with a short, ...

'' Sm. — smooth parrot-pea (S.A., Qld., N.S.W., Vic., Tas.) * ''

Dillwynia glaucula ''Dillwynia glaucula'', commonly known as Michelago parrot-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with lenticels on the stems, linear, grooved leaves and ...

'' Jobson & P.H.Weston (N.S.W.) * ''

Dillwynia hispida ''Dillwynia hispida '', commonly known as red parrot-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with more or less wikt:glabrous, glabrous stems, linear to thread-lik ...

Lindl. John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist. Early years Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley ...

– red parrot-pea (S.A., N.S.W., Vic.) * '' Dillwynia juniperina'' Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd. – prickly parrotpea (N.S.W., Vic.) * '' Dillwynia laxiflora''

(W.A.) * '' Dillwynia oreodoxa'' Blakeley – Grampians parrot-pea (Vic.) * '' Dillwynia palustris'' Jobson & P.H.Weston (N.S.W.) * '' Dillwynia parvifolia'' R.Br. ex

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(N.S.W.) * '' Dillwynia phylicoides''

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– small-leaf parrot-pea (Qld., N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic.) * '' Dillwynia prostrata'' Blakeley — matted parrot-pea (N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic.) * ''

Dillwynia pungens ''Dillwynia pungens'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south coast of Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with cylindrical leaves and yellow flowers with red or orange markings. Descript ...

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) J.B.Mackay ex Benth. (W.A.) * '' Dillwynia ramosissima'' Benth. – bushy parrot-pea (N.S.W., Vic.) * '' Dillwynia retorta'' (

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) Druce (Qld., N.S.W.) * '' Dillwynia rudis'' Sieber ex DC. (N.S.W.) * '' Dillwynia rupestris'' Jobson & P.H.Weston (N.S.W.) * ''

Dillwynia sericea ''Dillwynia sericea'', commonly known as showy parrot-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect to low-lying shrub with hairy stems, linear leaves and apricot-coloured ...

'' A.Cunn. — showy parrot-pea (S.A., Qld., N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.) * '' Dillwynia sieberi'' Steud. – Sieber's parrot-pea (Qld., N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic.) * '' Dillwynia stipulifera'' Blakeley (N.S.W.) * '' Dillwynia tenuifolia'' DC. (N.S.W.) * '' Dillwynia uncinata'' (Turcz.) J.M.Black – silky parrot-pea (W.A., S.A., Vic.)

Distribution

Species of ''Dillwynia'' occur in all Australian states and the Australian Capital Territory, but not the Northern Territory.

References

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