Billardiera fraseri

Billardiera fraseri (the elegant pronaya) is a species of plant in the family, Pittosporaceae, which is endemic to Western Australia.[3]

Billardiera fraseri
flowers & fruit
From Hügel[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Pittosporaceae
Genus: Billardiera
Species:
B. fraseri
Binomial name
Billardiera fraseri
(Hook.) F.Muell., 1862[2][3]
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms

Description

B. fraseri like other members of the genus, Billardiera, is a woody climber with alternate leaves.[5][3]

Taxonomy

This plant was first described by Hooker in 1836 as Spiranthera fraseri,[6] and revised by Mueller in 1862 as belonging to the genus, Billardiera.[2]

Earliest collected specimen in an Australian herbarium is MEL 0065042A,[7] which was collected by J.A.L. Preiss on the Swan Coastal Plain, in forested sand dunes near Perth on 20 January 1840.

See also

References
  1. Hügel, K.A.A. 1837. Botanisches Archiv der Gartenbaugesellschaft des österreichischen Kaiserstaates, vol. 2: t. 6
  2. von Mueller, F.J.H. 1862. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 78.
  3. "FloraBase Billardiera fraseri". Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  4. "APNI Billardiera fraseri". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  5. Cayzer, L, Crisp, M, Telford, I (2004) Cladistic analysis and revision of Billardiera (Pittosporaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 17, 83-125.
  6. Hooker, W.J. 1836. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) Botanical Magazine: subt. 3523
  7. "AVH: Occurrence record MEL 0065042A Billardiera fraseri". Australasian Virtual Herbarium. Retrieved 28 June 2018.


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