Glycocystis

Glycocystis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Tribe: Myoporeae
Genus: Glycocystis
Chinnock
Species:
G. beckeri
Binomial name
Glycocystis beckeri
Synonyms[1]
  • Disoon beckeri (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
  • Eremophila beckeri F.Muell.
  • Glycocystis beckeri Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval.
  • Myoporum beckeri (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth.

Glycocystis beckeri is the only species of the flowering plant genus Glycocystis in the family Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to the south west of Western Australia. It is a shrub, similar to others in the genera Eremophila and Myoporum but is unusual in that it produces very large amounts of sticky, sweet-smelling resin produced by raised glands which cover the entire plant, except for the petals. It has been suggested that the resin traps insects which the plant uses as a source of nitrogen.

  1. ^ a b "Glycocystis beckeri". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 23 June 2023.