Fabaceae tribe Mirbelieae

Almaleea

 

Almaleea Crisp & P.H.Weston (1991), Austral. Syst. Bot. 4, 309.

5 spp.
In honour of Alma Lee (1912-1990), Australian botanist and legume worker.
South-eastern Australia.
In freshwater bogs and wet heaths.
Flora treatment by P.H.Weston & Crisp (1991), Fl. New South Wales 2, 497-498.
Weak shrubs belonging to the Pultenaea generic group within the multiple embyro-sac group; related to Stonesiella, Dillwynia, Eutaxia and Pultenaea. Diagnosed within the group by an involucre of distinctive bracts.
© M. Crisp

Almaleea subumbellata, © M. Crisp

Almaleea subumbellata © M. Crisp

Almaleea sp. © J. Lynch

 

Almaleea capitata © M. Crisp

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