Billardiera

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Billardiera
Billardiera scandens, fruit - Lawson, NSW
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Apiales
Family: Pittosporaceae
Genus: Billardiera
Sm.
Species

See text
Synonyms
  • Marianthus Hugel ex Endl.
  • Calopetalon Harv.
  • Oncosporum Putt.
  • Labillardiera Schult. nom. illeg.
  • Sollya Lindl.
  • Pronaya Hugel

Billardiera is a genus of small vines and shrubs which is endemic to Australia. The genus was first formally described in 1793 by botanist James Edward Smith who named it in honour of Jacques Labillardière, a French botanist.

Species include:

  • Billardiera coriacea Benth.
  • Billardiera cymosa F.Muell.
  • Billardiera drummondii (C.Morren) L.Cayzer & Crisp
  • Billardiera floribunda (Putt.) F.Muell. (White-flowered Billardiera)
  • Billardiera fraseri (Hook.) F.Muell. (Elegant Pronaya)
  • Billardiera fusiformis Labill. (Australian Bluebell)
  • Billardiera heterophylla (Lindl.) L.Cayzer & Crisp (Bluebell Creeper, Purple Appleberry, Australian Bluebell)
  • Billardiera laxiflora (Benth.) E.M.Benn.
  • Billardiera lehmanniana F.Muell.
  • Billardiera longiflora Labill.
  • Billardiera macrantha Hook.f.
  • Billardiera mutabilis Salisb. (Climbing Appleberry)
  • Billardiera nesophila L.Cayzer & D.L.Jones
  • Billardiera ovalis Lindl.
  • Billardiera procumbens (Hook.)
  • Billardiera rubens L.Cayzer, Crisp & I.Telford
  • Billardiera scandens Sm. (Hairy Appleberry)
  • Billardiera sericophora F.Muell.
  • Billardiera speciosa (Endl.)
  • Billardiera uniflora E.M.Benn.
  • Billardiera variifolia DC.
  • Billardiera venusta (Putt.) L.Cayzer & Crisp
  • Billardiera versicolor F.Muell. ex Klatt (Pale Appleberry)
  • Billardiera villosa (Turcz.) E.M.Benn.
  • Billardiera viridiflora L.Cayzer & D.L.Jones

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