Lawrencia

Lawrencia densiflora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Malvoideae
Tribus: Malveae
Genus: Lawrencia
Subgenera: L. subg. Lawrencia – L. subg. Panifex

Overview of species

L. berthae – L. buchananensis – L. chrysoderma – L. cinerea – L. densiflora – L. diffusa – L. glomerata – L. helmsii – L. repens – L. spicata – L. squamata – L. viridigrisea

Name

Lawrencia Hook., 1840.

• Typus: Lawrencia spicata Hook.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Plagianthus sect. Lawrencia (Hook.) Benth., Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 6: 103. 1862.
  • Sida sect. Lawrencia (Hook.) F.Muell., Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 162. 1862.
  • Wrenciala A.Gray, U.S. Explor. Exped., Bot. Phan. 180. 1854, nom. illeg.

• Heterotypic
  • Selenothamnus Melville, Kew Bull. 20: 514. 1966.
  • Halothamnus F.Muell., Pl. Vict. i. 158 (1862), nom. illeg. (later homonym of Halothamnus Jaub. et Spach, 1846), replaced by Selenothamnus

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia Introduced into: Czechoslovakia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, W.J. 1840. Icones Plantarum 3: t. 261-262.

Additional references

• Lander, N.S. 1985. Revision of the Australian genus Lawrencia Hook. (Malvaceae : Malveae), Nuytsia 5(2): 201–272. Link (currently unavailable)

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Lawrencia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Lawrencia. Published online. Accessed: October 19 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Lawrencia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 October 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Lawrencia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 October 19. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

中文: 蛇鞭葵属

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