Fabaceae tribe Mirbelieae

Brachysema

 

Brachysema R.Br. (1811) in W.T.Aiton, Hort. Kew. (ed. 2) 3, 10.

10 spp.
Gr.: brachys, short and sema, a sign or banner, hence standard-petal.
South-west Western Australia.
Sclerophyll communities, often at the margins of streams or swamps.
Revision by Crisp (1995), Austral. Syst. Bot. 8, 307-353.
Scrambling shrubs with flowers enlarged and modified for bird pollination; standard petal reduced.

Now included within Gastrolobium (Chandler et al., Aust. Syst. Bot. 15: 619-739, 2002).
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Gastrolobium (Brachysema) praemorsum, © M. Crisp

Gastrolobium (Brachysema) melanopetalum, © M. Crisp

Gastrolobium (Brachysema) modestum, © M. Crisp

 

Gastrolobium (Brachysema) latifolium

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