Stylidium Sect. Biloba
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Stylidium ''Stylidium'' (also known as triggerplants or trigger plants) is a genus of dicotyledonous plants that belong to the family Stylidiaceae. The genus name ''Stylidium'' is derived from the Greek ''στύλος'' or ''stylos'' (column or pillar), w ...
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''Biloba'' is a taxonomic rank under ''Stylidium'' subgenus '' Andersonia''. All the species in this section occur in northern Australia. In 2000, A.R. Bean published a taxonomic revision of subgenus ''Andersonia'' and established this section to separate these three species based on morphological and cladistic analysis. Species in this section form a basal
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glabrous Glabrousness (from the Latin '' glaber'' meaning "bald", "hairless", "shaved", "smooth") is the technical term for a lack of hair, down, setae, trichomes or other such covering. A glabrous surface may be a natural characteristic of all or part o ...
and dilated at the distal end.Bean, A.R. (2000). A revision of ''Stylidium'' subg. ''Andersonia'' (R.Br. ex G.Don) Mildbr. (Stylidiaceae). ''Austrobaileya'' 5(4): 589-649.


See also

* List of ''Stylidium'' species


References

Stylidium Plant sections {{Stylidiaceae-stub