Overview
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Billardiera is a genus of small vines and shrubs which is endemic to Australia. The genus was first formally described in 1793 by botanist James Edward Smith who named it in honour of Jacques Labillardi?re, a French botanist.
Species include:
- Benth.
- Billardiera cymosa F.Muell.
- Billardiera drummondii (C.Morren) L.Cayzer & Crisp
- Billardiera floribunda (Putt.) F.Muell. (White-flowered Billardiera)
- Billardiera fraseri (Hook.) F.Muell. (Elegant Pronaya)
- Billardiera fusiformis Labill. (Australian Bluebell)
- Billardiera heterophylla (Lindl.) L.Cayzer & Crisp (Bluebell Creeper, Purple Appleberry, Australian Bluebell)
- Billardiera laxiflora (Benth.) E.M.Benn.
- Billardiera lehmanniana F.Muell.
- Billardiera longiflora Labill.
- Billardiera macrantha Hook.f.
- Billardiera mutabilis Salisb. (Climbing Appleberry)
- Billardiera nesophila L.Cayzer & D.L.Jones
- Billardiera ovalis Lindl.
- Billardiera procumbens (Hook.)
- Billardiera rubens L.Cayzer, Crisp & I.Telford
- Billardiera scandens Sm. (Hairy Appleberry)
- Billardiera sericophora F.Muell.
- Billardiera speciosa (Endl.)
- Billardiera uniflora E.M.Benn.
- Billardiera variifolia DC.
- Billardiera venusta (Putt.) L.Cayzer & Crisp
- Billardiera versicolor F.Muell. ex Klatt (Pale Appleberry)
- Billardiera villosa (Turcz.) E.M.Benn.
- Billardiera viridiflora L.Cayzer & D.L.Jones
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- "Billardiera Sm.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=297.
- "Billardiera". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/21496.
- PlantNET New South Wales Flora Online: Billardiera
- Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (ASGAP): Billardiera scandens
Taxonomy
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The Genus Billardiera is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 84 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Billardiera: B. alpina · B. alpinum · B. angustifolia · B. bicolor · B. bicolor var. bicolor · B. bicolor var. lineata · B. bignoniacea · B. brachyantha · B. brachyantha var. brachyantha · B. brachyantha var. phyllocalyx · B. canariensis · B. candida · B. coeruleo-punctata · B. coriacea · B. cymosa · B. cymosa pseudocymosa · B. cymosa var. cymosa · B. cymosa var. sericophora · B. daphnoides · B. dorrienii · B. drummondiana · B. drummondiana var. collina · B. drummondiana var. drummondiana · B. drummondii · B. elegans · B. elongata · B. erubescens · B. explanata · B. floribunda · B. fraseri · B. fusiformis · B. gracilis · B. grandiflora · B. granulata · B. hambruchiana · B. heterophylla · B. huegeliana · B. latifolia · B. laxiflora · B. lehmanniana · B. linearis · B. longiflora (Climbing Blueberry) · B. longiflora 'Cherry Berry' · B. longiflora 'Rosea' · B. longiflora fructu-albo · B. longiflora red-berried · B. longiflora var. alpina · B. longiflora var. fructu-albo (White Appleberry) · B. longiflora var. longiflora · B. longiflora var. ovalis · B. longiflora white-berried · B. macrantha · B. melocarpa · B. mollis · B. mutabilis · B. nesophila · B. ovalis · B. parviflora · B. parviflora var. guttata · B. parviflora var. parviflora · B. procumbens · B. prostrata · B. pseudocymosa · B. ringens · B. rosmarinifolia · B. rubens · B. salicifolia · B. scandens (Common Apple-Berry) · B. scandens var. brachyantha · B. scandens var. scandens · B. scandens var. sericata · B. sericea · B. sericophora · B. sericophora var. megaphylla · B. sericophora var. sericophora · B. speciosa · B. uniflora · B. variifolia · B. variifolia var. rigida · B. variifolia var. variifolia · B. venusta · B. versicolor · B. villosa · B. viridiflora
References
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- "Billardiera Sm.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=297.
- "Billardiera". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/21496.
- PlantNET New South Wales Flora Online: Billardiera
- Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (ASGAP): Billardiera scandens
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