Family: Malvaceae
Alyogyne
Citation:
Alefeld, Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 13:12 (1863).
Derivation: Greek alytos, not to be loosed; gyne, a woman; alluding to the undivided style.
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Native hibiscuses.
Description:
Perennial woody shrubs with few to many stellate hairs; leaves alternate, entire or lobed, subterete to orbicular.
Flowers bisexual, pedunculate in leaf axils, showy; epicalyx of 4-10 linear or subulate segments usually united towards the base; calyx divided for at least half its length into 5 lanceolate lobes; petals 5, pinkish or reddish to purple or rarely white; anthers numerous; carpels 5, in a single whorl; stigmas 5, capitate, terminating the unbranched style; ovules many.
Fruit a loculicidal capsule dehiscing by 5 valves, globose to acuminate, with numerous woolly to subglabrous seeds.
Distribution:
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4 species endemic to Australia.
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Biology:
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Key to Species:
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1. Leaves or leaf lobes linear or subterete |
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A. hakeifolia 1. |
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1. Leaves flat, ovate or orbicular in outline |
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2. Peduncles usually longer than the leaves; leaves usually dividedfor more than half their width |
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A. huegelii 2. |
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2. Peduncles usually much shorter than the leaves; leaves usuallydivided for less than half their width |
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A. pinoniana 3. |
Author:
Prepared mainly by J. Overton
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