Billardiera drummondii
Billardiera drummondii is a slender climber in the Pittosporaceae family, native to the south-west of Western Australia, which grows in Eucalypt woodland on coastal soils.[4] Its flowers are blue to purple and seen in January.[4]
| Billardiera drummondii | |
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| as Sollya drummondii (from Gartenflora, 1859) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Pittosporaceae |
| Genus: | Billardiera |
| Species: | B. drummondii |
| Binomial name | |
| Billardiera drummondii | |
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| Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Sollya drummondii C.Morren | |
In the redescription of the genus Billardiera of Cayzer, Crisp and Telford in 2004,[2] plants in the genus are said to have:
- clawed petals
- petals briefly cohering
- angular filaments
- anther apices reflexed
- non-axile placentation
- fruit indehiscent
- exocarp thin, leathery, not brittle
- fleshy mesocarp
- seeds inserted in two rows per loculus
- seed insertion from top to bottom of chamber
- fruit not brown
- fruit apparently unilocular
References
- "Billardiera drummondii". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- Cayzer, L.W., Crisp, M.D. & Telford, I.R.H. (2004) Cladistic analysis and revision of Billardiera (Pittosporaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 17(1): 121-123, Fig. 38. doi:10.1071/SB03028 (request text)
- Govaerts, R. et. al. (2018) Plants of the world online: Billardiera drummondii'. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- "Billardiera drummondii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
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