''Velleia macrophylla'', or large-leaved Velleia, is a perennial herb in the family

Goodeniaceae Goodeniaceae is a family (biology), family of flowering plants in the Order (biology), order Asterales. It contains about 404 species in twelve genera. The family is distributed mostly in Australia, except for the genus ''Scaevola (plant), Scaevo ...

, which is endemic to

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. It grows on moist sites in Beard's South-west province. It flowers from October to December or January. The species was first described as ''Euthales macrophylla'' by

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in 1840. The species was redescribed by

George Bentham George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studi ...

in 1868 as ''Velleia macrophylla''.

References

External links

The Australasian Virtual Herbarium – Occurrence data for ''Velleia macrophylla''.
{{Taxonbar , from = Q17480529, foc = no macrophylla Endemic flora of Western Australia Taxa named by George Bentham Plants described in 1840 Eudicots of Western Australia