Overview
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Blandfordia is a of flowering plants which are native to eastern Australia. Plants in this genus are commonly referred to as Christmas Bells due to the shape of their flowers and the timing of their flowering season in Australia. Blandfordia is the sole genus in the family Blandfordiaceae and was named by English botanist James Edward Smith in 1804 in honour of George Spencer Churchill, the Marquis of Blandford.
There are four species as follows:
- Blandfordia cunninghamii Lindl.
- Blandfordia grandiflora R.Br.
- Blandfordia nobilis Sm.
- Blandfordia punicea (Labill.) Sweet (Tasmanian Christmas Bell)
Taxonomy
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The Genus Blandfordia is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Blandfordia: B. aurea · B. backhousii · B. caudata · B. cordata · B. cunninghamii · B. cunninghamii var. splendens · B. flammea · B. flammea var. princeps · B. flammea-elegans · B. grandiflora (Christmas Bells) · B. intermedia · B. marginata · B. nobilis (Christmas Bells) · B. princeps · B. punicea (Tasmanian Christmas Bells) · B. speciosa · B. uniflora
References
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- "Blandfordia 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=1334.
- Australian Plants online: Blandfordia in history
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