Scaevola enantophylla

Scaevola enantophylla, commonly known as climbing fan-flower,[3]is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a scrambling vine with yellow fan-shaped flowers, and the only species in the genus with leaves arranged opposite.

Climbing fan-flower
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Scaevola
Species:
S. enantophylla
Binomial name
Scaevola enantophylla
Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
Synonyms[2]

Lobelia enantophylla (F.Muell.) Kuntze
Scaevola scandens F.M.Bailey

Description

Scaevola enantophylla is a scrambling vine up to 4 m (13 ft) long, it may be smooth or with soft, short hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped to lance-shaped, finely toothed, arranged opposite, 4–15 cm (1.6–5.9 in) long, 20–60 mm (0.79–2.36 in) wide, tapering to a point on a short petiole. The fan-shaped flowers are borne in cymes in leaf axils on a peduncle up to 16 mm (0.63 in) long, bracteoles triangular shaped, usually up to 1 mm (0.039 in) long, and each flower on a pedicel up to 5 mm (0.20 in) long. The yellow corolla 14–20 mm (0.55–0.79 in) long, smooth on the outside, thickly bearded on the inside, and the wings up to 1.5 mm (0.059 in) wide. Flowering occurs from July to November and the fruit narrowly egg-shaped, black, 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in) long, smooth or with occasional hairs.[3][4]

Taxonomy

Scaevola enantophylla was first formally described in 1873 by Ferdinand von Mueller and the description was published in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.[5][6]

Distribution and habitat

Climbing fan-flower grows near forests on the east coast of Queensland.[7]

References
  1. "Scaevola enantophylla". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  2. "Scaevola enantophylla F.Muell. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  3. F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Scaevola enantophylla". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  4. Carolin, R.C. "Scaevola enantophylla". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  5. "Scaevola enantophylla". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  6. von Mueller, Ferdinand (1873). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae (8(61) ed.). Melbourne. p. 58.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. Carolin, R.C; George, A.S (1992). Flora of Australia Volume 35 (PDF). Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. p. 101. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
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