''Bauera'' is a genus of four species of flowering plants in the family

Cunoniaceae Cunoniaceae is a family of 27 genera and about 335 species of woody plants in the order Oxalidales, mostly found in the tropical and wet temperate regions of the Southern Hemisphere. The greatest diversity of genera are in Australia and Tasmania ...

, 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 else ...

to eastern Australia. Plants in the genus ''Bauera'' are shrubs with

trifoliate The following is a list of terms which are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (a single leaf blade or lamina) or compound (with several leaflets). The edge of the leaf may be regular ...

leaves arranged in opposite pairs and have flowers with four to ten

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 coine ...

s and four to ten white or pink petals.

Description

Plants in the genus ''Bauera'' are erect or prostrate shrubs with trifoliate leaves arranged in opposite pairs, appearing to be simple leaves arranged in

whorls A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs). Whorls in nature File:Photograph and axial plane floral ...

of six. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils and are bisexual, with four to ten spreading sepals. There are four to ten pink or white petals, that are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base and longer than the sepals. There are four to many stamens with thread-like filaments and the ovary has two fused carpels and two styles. The fruit is a loculicidal capsule.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Bauera'' was first formally described by

Henry Cranke Andrews Henry Cranke Andrews (fl. 1794 – 1830), was an English botanist, botanical artist and engraver. As he always published as Henry C. Andrews, and due to difficulty finding records, the C. was often referred to as Charles, until a record of his ...

in ''The Botanist's Repository'' from an unpublished description by Joseph Banks, and the first species he published was '' Bauera rubioides''. The genus was named in honour of brothers

Ferdinand Bauer Ferdinand Lucas Bauer (20 January 1760 – 17 March 1826) was an Austrian botanical illustrator who travelled on Matthew Flinders' expedition to Australia. Biography Early life and career Bauer was born in Feldsberg in 1760, the youngest son ...

and

Franz Bauer __NOTOC__ Franz Andreas Bauer (later Francis) (14 March 1758 – 11 December 1840) was an Austrian microscopist and botanical artist. Born in Feldsberg, Lower Austria (now Valtice, Czech Republic), he was the son of Lucas Bauer (died 1761), cou ...

, who were Austrian botanical illustrators.Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, page 156

Species list

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

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as of December 2021: *'' Bauera capitata'' Ser. ex DC. (Qld., N.S.W.) *'' Bauera microphylla'' D.Don (N.S.W.) *'' Bauera rubioides'' Andrews – dog rose, river rose (S.A., Qld., N.S.W., Vic., Tas.) *'' Bauera sessiliflora''

F.Muell. Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vic ...

– Grampians bauera (Vic.)

References

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