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Epacridoideae
Epacridoideae is a subfamily of the family Ericaceae. The name Styphelioideae Sweet is also used. The subfamily contains around 35 genera and 545 species. Many species are found in Australasia, others occurring northwards through the Pacific to Southeast Asia, with a small number in South America. Description The Epacridoideae form a well supported monophyletic group within the family Ericaceae, clearly diagnosable using a combination of morphological characters. These include a lignified leaf epidermis, dry, membrane-like (scarious) bracts on the inflorescence, and a persistent corolla. The stamens are also distinctive: there are fewer than twice the number of corolla lobes and their filaments are smooth. Some of these characters are individually present in other members of the family Ericaceae. Core members of the subfamily (i.e. excluding Prionoteae) also have parallel- or somewhat palmate-veined leaves and lack multicellular hairs. Taxonomy In 1810, Robert Brown treated the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ericaceae
The Ericaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions. The family is large, with c.4250 known species spread across 124 genera, making it the 14th most species-rich family of flowering plants. The many well known and economically important members of the Ericaceae include the cranberry, blueberry, huckleberry, rhododendron (including azaleas), and various common heaths and heathers (''Erica'', ''Cassiope'', ''Daboecia'', and ''Calluna'' for example). Description The Ericaceae contain a morphologically diverse range of taxa, including herbs, dwarf shrubs, shrubs, and trees. Their leaves are usually evergreen, alternate or whorled, simple and without stipules. Their flowers are hermaphrodite and show considerable variability. The petals are often fused (sympetalous) with shapes ranging from narrowly tubular to funnelform or widely urn-shaped. The corollas are usually ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archeria (plant)
''Archeria'' is a small genus of shrubs in the family Ericaceae. As currently circumscribed the group includes six species, all native to southern Australasia. Four of these are endemic to Tasmania, and the other two endemic to New Zealand.Crayn, D.M., Quinn, C.J. 1998. Archerieae: a New Tribe in the Epacridaceae. ''Australian Systematic Botany'' 11: 23-34. It does not contain any economically important taxa, but due to their attractive small tubular flowers, reticulate leaf venation, and limited distribution, the shrubs have a long history of being admired by Australasian naturalists. Species *'' Archeria comberi'' Melville (Tasmania) *'' Archeria eriocarpa'' Hook.f. (Tasmania) *'' Archeria hirtella'' (Hook.f.) Hook.f. (Tasmania) *'' Archeria racemosa'' Hook.f. (New Zealand) *'' Archeria serpyllifolia'' Hook.f. (Tasmania) *'' Archeria traversii'' (Hook.f.) Mueller (New Zealand) Distribution ''Archeria'' can be found scattered throughout south, west, north and central Tasmania, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Androstoma
''Androstoma'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ericaceae The Ericaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions. The family is large, with c.4250 known species spread across 124 genera, making it th .... Its native range is Tasmania and New Zealand. Species: *'' Androstoma empetrifolium'' *'' Androstoma verticillatum'' References Epacridoideae Ericaceae genera {{Ericaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andersonia (plant)
''Andersonia'' is a genus of mostly small, evergreen shrubs in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the Southwest Botanical Province in Western Australia. Description Plants in the genus ''Andersonia'' are small shrubs, (apart from '' A. axilliflora'' and '' A. echinocephala'' that grow to a height of several metres) some are subshrubs and a few, compact cushion plants, but all seem to require a fairly open habitat. The leaves resemble those of monocotyledons in having a sheathing leaf base and parallel leaf veins, although the veins arise from a single trace in the base of the leaf. The leaves are spirally arranged and overlap at the base and increase in size, upwards from the base of the stem, but vary greatly in size and shape. The flowers are erect, usually brightly coloured and conspicuous, the five sepals egg-shaped to linear and often similarly coloured to the petals. The petals are joined at the base, forming a bell-shaped to cylindrical tube with five lobes that are sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agiortia
''Agiortia'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. They are native to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. There are three species as follows: *'' Agiortia cicatricata'' (J.M.Powell) Quinn syn. ''Leucopogon cicatricatus'' *'' Agiortia pedicellata'' (C.T.White) Quinn syn. ''Leucopogon pedicellatus'' *'' Agiortia pleiosperma'' (F.Muell.) Quinn syn. ''Leucopogon pleiospermus'' The genus is closely related to ''Leucopogon''. The genus name of ''Agiortia'' is in honour of Despina (Fanias) Agioritis (1927–1994), an Australian botanist from Innisfail, Queensland Innisfail (from Irish: Inis Fáil) is a regional town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. The town was originally called Geraldton until 1910. In the , the town of Innisfail had a population of 7,236 people, whil .... It was first described and published in Austral. Syst. Bot. Vol.18 on page 450 in 2005. References Epacridoideae Ericaceae gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acrothamnus
''Acrothamnus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. The species, which were formerly included in the genus ''Leucopogon'', occur in eastern Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and the Pacific. They include: *'' Acrothamnus colensoi'' (Hook.f.) Quinn *''Acrothamnus hookeri ''Acrothamnus hookeri'', commonly known as the mountain beardheath, is a flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and grows in subalpine regions of southeastern Australia. It is a small upright shrub with oblong-shaped leaves and white flowers. D ...'' (Sond.) Quinn *'' Acrothamnus maccraei'' (F.Muell.) Quinn - subalpine beard-heath *'' Acrothamnus spathaceus'' (Pedley) Quinn *'' Acrothamnus suaveolens'' (Hook.f.) Quinn References Epacridoideae Ericaceae genera Ericales of Australia {{Australia-asterid-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archerieae
''Archeria'' is a small genus of shrubs in the family Ericaceae. As currently circumscribed the group includes six species, all native to southern Australasia. Four of these are endemic to Tasmania, and the other two endemic to New Zealand.Crayn, D.M., Quinn, C.J. 1998. Archerieae: a New Tribe in the Epacridaceae. ''Australian Systematic Botany'' 11: 23-34. It does not contain any economically important taxa, but due to their attractive small tubular flowers, reticulate leaf venation, and limited distribution, the shrubs have a long history of being admired by Australasian naturalists. Species *'' Archeria comberi'' Melville (Tasmania) *'' Archeria eriocarpa'' Hook.f. (Tasmania) *'' Archeria hirtella'' (Hook.f.) Hook.f. (Tasmania) *'' Archeria racemosa'' Hook.f. (New Zealand) *'' Archeria serpyllifolia'' Hook.f. (Tasmania) *'' Archeria traversii'' (Hook.f.) Mueller (New Zealand) Distribution ''Archeria'' can be found scattered throughout south, west, north and central Tasmania, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epacris Longiflora
''Epacris longiflora'', commonly known as fuchsia heath or cigarette flower, is a plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with egg-shaped, pointed leaves and red tube-shaped flowers which give the plant its name ''longiflora'' and are usually present throughout the year. Its native range extends from the central coast of New South Wales to southern Queensland. Description ''Epacris longiflora'' is an erect to spreading shrub which grows to a height of and has stems with prominent short, broad leaf scars. The leaves are egg-shaped, long, wide with a pointed tip. The leaves are thin, flat and have margins with minute teeth. The flowers are red with a white tip, sometimes all red and have a peduncle up to long. There are five petals which are fused to form a tube with five lobes at the end. The tube is long, in diameter and the lobes are long. At the base of the petal tube there are whorls of bracts and five sepals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraphyly
In taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be paraphyletic ''with respect to'' the excluded subgroups. In contrast, a monophyletic group (a clade) includes a common ancestor and ''all'' of its descendants. The terms are commonly used in phylogenetics (a subfield of biology) and in the tree model of historical linguistics. Paraphyletic groups are identified by a combination of synapomorphies and symplesiomorphies. If many subgroups are missing from the named group, it is said to be polyparaphyletic. The term was coined by Willi Hennig to apply to well-known taxa like Reptilia ( reptiles) which, as commonly named and traditionally defined, is paraphyletic with respect to mammals and birds. Reptilia contains the last common ancestor of reptiles and all descendants of that ancestor, including all extant reptiles as well as the extinct synapsids, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acrotriche
''Acrotriche'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. Species occur in all states of Australia. They include: *'' Acrotriche affinis'' DC. - Ridged ground-berry *''Acrotriche aggregata'' R.Br. - Red cluster heath, tall groundberry or tall acrotriche *'' Acrotriche baileyana'' (Domin) J.M.Powell *'' Acrotriche cordata'' (Labill.) R.Br. - Coast ground-berry *'' Acrotriche depressa'' R.Br. - Wiry ground-berry *'' Acrotriche divaricata'' R.Br. *'' Acrotriche dura'' (Benth.) Quinn *'' Acrotriche fasciculiflora'' (Regel) Benth. *'' Acrotriche halmaturina'' B.R.Paterson *'' Acrotriche leucocarpa'' Jobson & Whiffin - Tall acrotriche *''Acrotriche patula'' R.Br. *'' Acrotriche plurilocularis'' Jackes *'' Acrotriche prostrata'' F.Muell. - Trailing ground-berry *''Acrotriche ramiflora'' R.Br. *'' Acrotriche rigida'' B.R.Paterson *''Acrotriche serrulata ''Acrotriche'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. Species occur in all states of Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
