Billardiera fraseri

Billardiera fraseri
flowers & fruit
From Hügel[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Apiales
Family:Pittosporaceae
Genus:Billardiera
Species: B. fraseri
Binomial name
Billardiera fraseri
(Hook.) F.Muell., 1862[2][3]
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms

Billardiera fraseri (the elegant pronaya) is a species of plant in the family, Pittosporaceae, which is endemic to Western Australia.[3]

Description

B. fraseri like other members of the genus, Billardiera, is a woody climber with alternate leaves.[5][3]

Taxonomy

This plant was first described by Hooker in 1836 as Spiranthera fraseri[6], and revised by Mueller in 1862 as belonging to the genus, Billardiera.[2]

Earliest collected specimen in an Australian herbarium is MEL 0065042A, [7] which was collected by J.A.L. Preiss on the Swan Coastal Plain, in forested sand dunes near Perth on 20 January 1840.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hügel, K.A.A. 1837. Botanisches Archiv der Gartenbaugesellschaft des österreichischen Kaiserstaates, vol. 2: t. 6
  2. 1 2 3 von Mueller, F.J.H. 1862. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 78.
  3. 1 2 3 "FloraBase Billardiera fraseri". Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  4. 1 2 "APNI Billardiera fraseri". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  5. ↑ Cayzer, L, Crisp, M, Telford, I (2004) Cladistic analysis and revision of Billardiera (Pittosporaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 17, 83-125.
  6. ↑ Hooker, W.J. 1836. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) Botanical Magazine: subt. 3523
  7. ↑ "AVH: Occurrence record MEL 0065042A Billardiera fraseri". Australasian Virtual Herbarium. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  • Bennett, E.M. 1972. "New taxa and new combinations in Western Australian Pittosporaceae". Nuytsia. pp. 266–269.
  • Bennett, E.M. 1978. "New taxa and new combinations in Australian Pittosporaceae". Nuytsia. pp. 184–189.
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