''Guilfoylia'' is a
monotypic genus of
flowering plants belonging to the family
Surianaceae. The only species is ''Guilfoylia monostylis''.
Its native range is eastern Australia, and found in the
states of
New South Wales and
Queensland.
The genus name of ''Guilfoylia'' is in honour of
William Guilfoyle (1840–1912), an Australian landscape gardener and botanist. The Latin
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
of ''monostylis'' is derived from ''mono'' meaning one and ''stylis'' referring to the
style.
It was first described and published in Fragm. (
Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae, Melbourne) Vol.8 on page 34 in 1873.
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q9001254
List of Australian plant species authored by Ferdinand von Mueller
Surianaceae
Monotypic Fabales genera
Plants described in 1873
Flora of New South Wales
Flora of Queensland