Androcalva

Androcalva is a genus of 33 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to continental Australia.

Androcalva
Androcalva fraseri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Byttnerioideae
Tribe: Lasiopetaleae
Genus: Androcalva
C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock[1]
Type species
Androcalva perlaria
Species

See text

Androcalva luteiflora
Androcalva rosea

Description

Plants in the genus Androcalva are shrubs or trees and have stems, leaves and flowers covered with star-like hairs. The leaves are simple, often with irregularly-toothed or lobed edges, and with ligules at the base but that are sometimes deciduous. The flowers are bisexual, arranged in cymes opposite leaf axils, with 5 sepals, 5 petals, 5 stamens, and 5 staminodes sometimes with 3 lobes. The fruit is a bristly capsule with five valves, and is covered with star-shaped hairs.[2][3][4][5]

Taxonomy

The genus Androcalva was first formally described in 2011 by Carolyn Wilkins and Barbara Whitlock in Australian Systematic Botany and comprises species formerly included in Commersonia (22) and Rulingia (4) as well as 7 new species.[5][6] The name Androcalva means "bald male", referring to the glabrous staminodes.[5][7]

Distribution

All 33 species of Androcalva are endemic to Australia, and species occur in all continental states and territories.[8]

Species list

The following is a list of species accepted by the Australian Plant Census as of March 2023:[9]

References
  1. "Androcalva". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  2. Messina, Andre; Stajsic, Val. "Androcalva". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  3. "Androcalva". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. Conn, Barry J. "Androcalva". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  5. Blake, Trevor L. (2021). Lantern bushes of Australia ; Thomasias & allied genera : a field and horticultural guide. Victoria: Australian Plants Society, Keilor Plains Group. pp. 88–91. ISBN 9780646839301.
  6. Wilkins, Carolyn F.; Whitlock, Barbara A. (2011). "A new Australian genus, Androcalva, separated from Commersonia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 24 (5): 284–349. doi:10.1071/SB10032.
  7. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 59. ISBN 9780958034180.
  8. "Androcalva". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  9. "Androcalva". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
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