Billardiera fraseri

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Billardiera fraseri
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flowers & fruit
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From Hügel[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
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]
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Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms
  • Billardiera elegans (Endl.) F. Muell., 1879[2]
  • Pronaya elegans Hügel ex Endl.[4]
  • Spiranthera fraseri Hook.[4]

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.

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References[]

  1. ^ Hügel, K.A.A. 1837. Botanisches Archiv der Gartenbaugesellschaft des österreichischen Kaiserstaates, vol. 2: t. 6
  2. ^ a b c von Mueller, F.J.H. 1862. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 78.
  3. ^ a b c "FloraBase Billardiera fraseri". Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  4. ^ a b "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.

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