Fabaceae tribe Mirbelieae
Daviesia
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Daviesia Sm., Trans. Linn. Soc.
London 4, 220.
135 spp.
Hugh Davies, Welsh botanist, 1739-1821.
Australia, mainly south-western and south-eastern.
Sclerophyll forest, woodland, and shrublands incl. heath.
Some species used to make a bitter tea.
Synopsis by Crisp (1995), Austral. Syst. Bot. 8,
1155-1249.
Monophyletic and easily diagnosed by triangular pods, sterile
bracts on the peduncle and scleromorphic, phyllode-like leaves.
Closely related to Viminaria and Erichsenia within
the giant antipodals group. Under revision by M. Crisp (GAUBA).
© M. Crisp
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Daviesia euphorbioides, © M. Crisp
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Daviesia cordata, © M. Crisp
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Daviesia grossa, © M. Crisp
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Daviesia arborea, © M. Crisp
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Daviesia megacalyx, © M. Crisp
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