Spyridium

Spyridium
Spyridium vexilliferum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Tribe: Pomaderreae
Genus: Spyridium
Fenzl[1]
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Cryptandra sect. Solenandra (Reissek) T.Post & Kuntze
  • Cryptandra sect. Spyridium (Fenzl) Kuntze
  • Cryptandra sect. Stenodiscus (Reissek) T.Post & Kuntze
  • Cryptandra subg. Solenandra Reissek
  • Solenandra (Reissek) Kuntze nom. illeg. p.p.
  • Spyridum Curtis orth. var.
  • Stenodiscus Reissek
  • Trymalium subg. Eutrymalium Reissek nom. inval.

Spyridium is a genus of about thirty species of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae, and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Spyridium are shrubs or subshrubs usually with small leaves, flowers usually in clusters of small composite heads, the individual flowers small and densely woolly-hairy, and the fruit a capsule. Species of Spyridium are found in all Australian states except Queensland.

  1. ^ a b "Spyridium". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 25 June 2022.