Subfamily

IV. Subfam. Prostantheroideae Luerssen (1882).

Subfam. Chloranthoideae Briq. (1895).

Dicrastylidaceae Drummond ex Harvey (1855), nom. inval.

Verbenaceae tribe Viticeae subtribe Chloanthinae Benth. (1870).

Verbenaceae tribe Chloantheae Benth. (1895).

Stilbaceae subfam. Chloanthoideae Briq.: sensu Moldenke (1959).

IV. 1. Tribe Chlorantheae Benth. & Hook. f. (1876).

Description

Shrubs; branches ± round; indumentum of non-glandular stellate hairs and simple glandular hairs; leaves opposite or almost whorled; inflorescence a terminal dichasium, 1-7-flowered; flowers zygomorphic; calyx 5-lobed; corolla bluish purple with base more deeply coloured surrounding a yellow viscid centre, 2-lipped with lips widely spreading, 5-lobed (2/3), posterior lip 2-lobed, anterior lip 3-lobed, tube broadly expanded in throat, glabrous within; stamens 4, inserted near base of corolla, included, anthers dorsifixed near base; ovary ± unlobed; style terminal, with base becoming exceeded by developing fruit; stigma-lobes distinct; fruit separating into four 1-locular mericarps.  Two species, both endemic to Australia.

Distribution

Native to:

50 Australia

Publication

Brachysola Rye, Nuytsia 13: 331-338 (2000).

Chloanthes sect. Brachysolenia F.Muell. (1876).

Pityrodia sect. Brachysolenia (F.Muell.) E.Pritz. (1904).

Image resource

© Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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