''Nematolepis'' is a genus of seven species of plants in the family Rutaceae, all

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to Australia. They are shrubs or small trees with more or less flat leaves arranged alternately and flowers with five overlapping petals and ten

stamen The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...

s. Six species are found in eastern Australia and one in Western Australia.

Description

Plants in the genus ''Nematolepis'' are shrubs or small trees with their stems, leaves and

sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 The term ''sepalum'' was coined b ...

s covered with shield-like scales. The leaves are simple and arranged alternately. The flowers are arranged singly or in

cymes An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed on ...

in leaf axils, and have five sepals, five partly overlapping petals and ten stamens, all free from each other in most species. The five

carpels Gynoecium (; ) is most commonly used as a collective term for the parts of a flower that produce ovules and ultimately develop into the fruit and seeds. The gynoecium is the innermost whorl of a flower; it consists of (one or more) ''pistils'' ...

are free from each other, each with two

ovule In seed plants, the ovule is the structure that gives rise to and contains the female reproductive cells. It consists of three parts: the ''integument'', forming its outer layer, the ''nucellus'' (or remnant of the megasporangium), and the fe ...

s and the stigma is not differentiated from the style. The fruit usually has a single seed in each of the five follicles.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Nematolepis'' was first formally described in 1852 by Nikolai Turczaninow in the ''Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou'' and the first species described was '' Nematolepis phebalioides''.

Species list

The

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accepted seven species as at July 2020: * '' Nematolepis elliptica'' (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson (N.S.W.) * '' Nematolepis frondosa'' (N.G.Walsh & Albr.) Paul G.Wilson — leafy nematolepis (Vic.) * '' Nematolepis ovatifolia'' (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson (N.S.W.) * '' Nematolepis phebalioides'' Turcz. (W.A.) * '' Nematolepis rhytidophylla'' (Albr. & N.G.Walsh) Paul G.Wilson (N.S.W.) * ''

Nematolepis squamea ''Nematolepis squamea '', commonly known as Satinwood, is an upright shrub or small tree species which is endemic to Australia. Description ''Nematolepis squamea'' is an erect and conical shrub or small tree that grows to 12m in height. It ...

'' (Labill.) Paul G.Wilson — satinwood, lancewood satin box, satin box, lancewood or bobie bobie (Qld., N.S.W., Vic., Tas.) ** ''Nematolepis squamea'' subsp. ''coriacea'' (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson ** ''Nematolepis squamea'' (Turcz.) Paul G.Wilson subsp. ''squamea'' (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson * '' Nematolepis wilsonii'' (N.G.Walsh & Albr.) Paul G.Wilson (Vic. - extinct)

References

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q2708442 Taxa named by Nikolai Turczaninow Zanthoxyloideae genera