''Scaevola enantophylla'', commonly known as climbing fan-flower,is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a scrambling vine with yellow fan-shaped flowers, and the only species in the genus with leaves arranged opposite.

Description

''Scaevola enantophylla'' is a scrambling vine up to long, it may be smooth or with soft, short hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped to lance-shaped, finely toothed, arranged opposite, long, wide, tapering to a point on a short petiole. The fan-shaped flowers are borne in

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in leaf axils on a

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up to long, bracteoles triangular shaped, usually up to long, and each flower on a

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up to long. The yellow

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long, smooth on the outside, thickly bearded on the inside, and the wings up to wide. Flowering occurs from July to November and the fruit narrowly egg-shaped, black, long, smooth or with occasional hairs.

Taxonomy

''Scaevola enantophylla'' was first formally described in 1873 by

Ferdinand von Mueller Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vict ...

and the description was published in '' Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae''.

Distribution and habitat

Climbing fan-flower grows near forests on the east coast of Queensland.

References

External links

''Scaevola enantophylla'' (Flickr)''Scaevola enantophylla'': Isotype (U0253443) collected J.Dallachy at Rockingham Bay
{{Taxonbar, from=Q63872471 enantophylla Plants described in 1873 Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller Flora of Queensland