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Stackhousia
''Stackhousia'' is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the family Celastraceae that are native to Australia, New Zealand, Malesia and Micronesia. The genus was first described by James Edward Smith (botanist), James Edward Smith in ''Transactions of the Linnean Society of London'' in 1798. It was formerly placed in Stackhousiaceae, but under the APG II system this family has been folded into Celastraceae. Species include: *''Stackhousia annua'' W.R.Barker *''Stackhousia aspericocca'' Schuch. *''Stackhousia clementii'' Domin *''Stackhousia dielsii'' Pamp. - Yellow stackhousia *''Stackhousia gunnii'' Hook.f. now ''Stackhousia subterranea'' *''Stackhousia huegelii'' Endl. *''Stackhousia intermedia'' F.M.Bailey *''Stackhousia megaloptera'' F.Muell. *''Stackhousia minima'' Hook.f. *''Stackhousia monogyna'' Labill. - Creamy candles, creamy stackhousia *''Stackhousia muricata'' Lindl. *''Stackhousia pubescens'' A.Rich. - Downy stackhousia *''Stackhousia pulv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stackhousia Monogyna
''Stackhousia monogyna'', commonly known as creamy stackhousia or creamy candles, is a flowering plant in the family Celastraceae. It is a small multi-stemmed plant with narrow leaves and terminal spikes of white, cream or yellow flowers. It is a widespread species found in all states of Australia but not the Northern Territory. Description ''Stackhousia monogyna'' is a slender, multi-stemmed, perennial herb to high, covered with soft hairs or smooth on upright or ascending stems. The leaves are dark green, mostly narrow, linear to lance-shaped, up to long, wide and rounded, acute or with a short point at the apex. The inflorescence consists of numerous white, cream or yellow flowers in a densely-packed cylindrical spike, each flower is tubular with five pointed spreading lobes up to long. Flowering occurs from late winter to early summer and the fruit is a wide oval or ellipsoid shaped mericarp, wrinkled to veined and long. Taxonomy and naming The species was described in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
