Sphalmium B.G.Briggs, B.Hyland & L.A.S.Johnson

Genus

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae

Characteristics

Tree, unbuttressed. Adventitious roots present or absent; proteoid roots present. Leaves alternate, simple, or pinnate on sapling and coppice growth, glabrescent. Inflorescence a short, bracteate, axillary raceme. Flowers ±actinomorphic, andromonoecious. Tepals 4, free. Stamens 4; filament adnate to tepal base. Hypogynous glands absent. Ovary shortly stipitate; style not modified as a pollen presenter; ovules 2. Fruit a woody follicle. Seeds 2, winged, separated by a false dissepiment.
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Distribution

Sphalmium world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:32999-1
WFO ID wfo-4000036026
COL ID 7KP5
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Synonyms

Sphalmium

Lower taxons

Sphalmium racemosum