''Geijera'' is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family

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to New Guinea, Australia and New Caledonia. They have simple leaves arranged alternately,

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s of

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flowers usually with five, sometimes four,

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petal Petals are modified Leaf, leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often advertising coloration, brightly colored or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. All of the petals of a flower are collectively known as the ''c ...

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s and fruit containing shiny black seeds.

Description

Plants in the genus ''Geijera'' are shrubs or trees with simple leaves arranged alternately. They have small, bisexual flowers arranged in many-flowered panicles in upper leaf

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s and on the ends of branchlets and usually have five, sometimes four sepals, petals and stamens. The sepals are fused at the base, up to long, and persist in the fruit. The petals are white or cream-coloured, up to long and the stamens are up to long and arranged opposite the sepals. The fruit consists of up to five more or less spherical follicles joined at the base each with a single shiny black seed.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Geijera'' was first formally described in 1834 by Schott in his book ''Rutaceae - Fragmenta Botanica'' and the first species to be describe (the

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) was '' Geijera salicifolia''. The name ''Geijera'' honours J.D. Geijer, a 17th century Swedish botanist.

Species list

The following is a list of species accepted by the

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, or

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for species outside Australia: * '' Geijera balansae'' Schinz &

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– New Caledonia * '' Geijera cauliflora''

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– New Caledonia * '' Geijera deplanchei'' ( Pancher & Siebert) Däniker – New Caledonia * '' Geijera linearifolia'' (

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) J.M.Black – South Australia, Western Australia * ''

Geijera parviflora ''Geijera parviflora'', commonly known as wilga, is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to inland parts of eastern Australia. It has drooping branches, linear to narrow lance-shaped leaves, small white flowers ...

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– Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia * '' Geijera salicifolia'' Schott – New Guinea, New Caledonia, Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory. Plants of the World Online includes ''G. helmsiae'' and ''G. paniculata'' but the Australian Plants Census lists these as

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of '' Coatesia paniculata''.

Distribution and habitat

Most species of ''Geijera'' grow in tropical or subtropical rainforest. Three species occur on New Caledonia, and three in Australia, two of which are

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References

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q5530120 Taxa named by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott Zanthoxyloideae genera