Fabaceae tribe Mirbelieae Aotus

      
Aotus
      Sm. (1805), Ann. Bot. (Koenig & Sims) 2, 504.
18 spp.

      Gr.: earless, referring to the lack of bracteoles.

      Southern Australia.

      Open woodlands and open forests, mallee woodlands, heaths, and
      swamps; from coastal areas to montane regions (but not alpine)
      and semi-arid regions.

      B.Wiecek, Fl. New South Wales 2, 478-479 (1990); Grieve,
      How to know Western Australian Wildflowers, Part II (2nd Edn):
      415-417 (1998).

      A full revision of this genus is required; A. ericoides
      (Vent.) Don, the most widespread species, is also the most variable
      with a number of probable taxa included in this name.

      © J. Chappill & P. Jobson

      


      
 

      
 

      
 
Aotus genistoides
© M. Crisp

      

        

        

          
 
        
Aotus genistoides, © M. Crisp