Billardiera sericophora

Billardiera sericophora is a small spreading shrub in the family Pittosporaceae. The species is endemic to South Australia. Cream to yellow or pale purple flowers appear between August and December in the species' native range. These are followed by cylindrical berries that are about 25 mm long and 8 mm in diameter.[1] The species was formally described by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1852 following its discovery during a botanical survey of Port Lincoln by Carl Wilhelmi.[2][3]

Billardiera sericophora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Pittosporaceae
Genus: Billardiera
Species:
B. sericophora
Binomial name
Billardiera sericophora
Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
Synonyms

Billardiera cymosa var. sericophora (F.Muell.) Benth

References
  1. "Billardiera sericophora". Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet. State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  2. "Billardiera sericophora". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  3. Mueller, F.J.H. von (1852) Diagnoses et descriptiones plantarum novarum, quas in Nova Hollandia. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 25: 371


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