Hibbertia

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Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms > Eudicots > Rosids > Dilleniales > Dilleniaceae >  Hibbertia

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Plant  information

Common name:         Guinea Flower

• The common name, guinea flower reflects the resemblance of the flowers to the colour and shape of the guinea coin

Conservation status: ...

Etymology:   

• The name Hibbertia honours George Hibbert, a patron of botany and slave trader

Flowers:                  

• The flowers are usually arranged singly in leaf axils or on the ends of stems and have five sepals, two "outer" sepals slightly overlapping the three "inner" ones

• There are five yellow, rarely orange, petals and the stamens are usually arranged in three to five groups, sometimes on only one side of the carpels

• There are between two and five carpels, usually free from each other, each containing up to six ovules and with a style on the top

Fruit:                         

• The fruit is a follicle containing seeds, usually with an aril

Leaves:         

• Usually simple leaves

• Their leaves are usually arranged alternately along the stems, usually sessile, clustered on short side-branches, and have smooth, rarely toothed or lobed edges

Stem & branches: 

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Habit:        

• Plants in the genus Hibbertia are usually shrubs, rarely climbers, and often form mats

Habitat:   

Distribution:                  

Species:                     

• World:           400

• Australia:     Most occur in Australia but a few species occur in New Guinea, New Caledonia, Fiji and Madagascar

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • Hibbertia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dilleniaceae

  • The genus Hibbertia was first formally described in 1800 by Henry Cranke Andrews in his book The Botanist's Repository for New, and Rare Plants 

  • The first species he described was H. volubilis, now known as H. scandens

• Species list

  • See List of Hibbertia species

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibbertia (2023)