Lechenaultia
| Lechenaultia | |
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| Lechenaultia linarioides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Lechenaultia R.Br. |
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Latouria (Endl.) Lindl. | |
Lechenaultia is a genus of plants in the family Goodeniaceae. Some species of this genus are used as ornamental plants, in particular L. biloba, L. formosa and L. macrantha. Lechenaultia species are diverse in form: they may be woody or herbaceous, upright or prostrate with leaves flat, needle-like or virtually absent in mature plants. The genus differs from other Goodeniaceae in the structure of the stigma and the fertilization mechanism.[1] They are found in Australia (mostly in the SW corner) and New Guinea (one species).[2][3]
They are named for the botanist attached to the Baudin expedition to Australia, Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour.[4] Robert Brown had met Leschenault and assumed to spell his name the French way without the 's'. However, Bentham introduced the German spelling with the 's' and subsequent writers followed suit as the name was written Leschenaultia, but reverted to Robert Brown's spelling in the 1950s.[2] The common names of the species maintains the correction, as with the section name.
The type species is Lechenaultia formosa.[2]
The following is a list of the taxa contained by the genus Lechenaultia;
- Sections
- Lechenaultia R.Br. sect. Leschenaultia
- Lechenaultia sect. Patenti D.A.Morrison
- Lechenaultia brevifolia D.A.Morrison
- Species
- Benth. – Wingless leschenaultia
- D.A.Morrison
- Lechenaultia biloba Lindl. – Blue leschenaultia
- D.A.Morrison
- F.Muell. – Kalbarri leschenaultia
- Lechenaultia divaricata F.Muell.
- R.Br.
- R.Br.
- Benth. – Free-flowering leschenaultia
- Lechenaultia formosa R.Br. – Red leschenaultia
- L.W.Sage
- Benth. – Claw leschenaultia
- F.Muell. – Hairy leschenaultia
- L.W.Sage
- E.Pritz. – Reed-like leschenaultia
- Lindl. – Scarlet leschenaultia
- Lechenaultia linarioides DC. – Yellow leschenaultia
- F.Muell. – Irwin leschenaultia
- D.A.Morrison & Carolin
- Lechenaultia macrantha K.Krause – Wreath leschenaultia
- L.W.Sage
- D.A.Morrison
- D.A.Morrison
- C.A.Gardner – Cushion leschenaultia
- E.Pritz. – Narrow-sepaled leschenaultia
- F.Muell.
- C.A.Gardner & A.S.George – Wide-branching leschenaultia
- F.Muell. – Barrens leschenaultia
- Lechenaultia tubiflora R.Br. – Heath leschenaultia
In addition to these species, there are two descriptions of specimens held at the Western Australian Herbarium:
- Lechenaultia sp. Gibson Desert
- Lechenaultia sp. Kokardine
References[]
- ^ Darwin, Charles (1871). "On the fertilisation of Lechenaultia". Gardener's Chronicle: 1166.
- ^ a b c Morrison, David A. (1986). "Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Lechenaultia R.Br. (Goodeniaceae)" (PDF). Brunonia. 9 (1): 1–28. doi:10.1071/bru9860001.
- ^ "Leschenaultia R.Br. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- "Lechenaultia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- "Lechenaultia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
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