Stenanthemum

Stenanthemum
Stenanthemum nanum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Stenanthemum
Reissek[1]
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Cryptandra sect. Solenandra (Reissek) T.Post & Kuntze p.p.
  • Cryptandra sect. Stenanthemum (Reissek) Suess.
  • Cryptandra sect. Stenocodon Hook.f.
  • Cryptandra subg. Solenandra Reissek p.p.
  • Solenandra (Reissek) Kuntze nom. illeg. p.p.
  • Spyridium sect. Stenanthemum (Reissek) F.Muell.

Stenanthemum is a genus of flowering plants family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Stenanthemum are small shrubs usually lacking spines. The leaves are arranged alternately along the branches, simple, usually folded in half lengthwise on a short petiole. The flowers are arranged in dense heads, usually on the ends of branches with bracts at the base of the flowers, and there are sometimes whitish floral leaves. The flowers are bisexual, more or less sessile and have five sepals, five petals and a tube-shaped hypanthium, the petals hooded over the stamens. The fruit is a schizocarp containing spotted or mottled seeds.[2][3][4]

Stenanthemum leucophractum in Cox Scrub Conservation Park
Stenanthemum emarginatum
  1. ^ a b "Stenanthemum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  2. ^ Walsh, Neville G. "Stenanthemum". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  3. ^ Kellerman, Jürgen; Thiele, Kevin R. Kodela, Phillip G. (ed.). "Stenanthemum". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Stenanthemum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.