Fabaceae tribe Mirbelieae

Daviesia

 

 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

Daviesia euphorbioides, © M. Crisp

 

Daviesia cordata, © M. Crisp

 

Daviesia grossa, © M. Crisp

 

Daviesia arborea, © M. Crisp

Daviesia megacalyx, © M. Crisp

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