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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