Fieldia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Gesneriaceae
Subfamilia: Gesnerioideae
Tribus: Coronanthereae
Subtribus: Mitrariinae
Genus: Fieldia
Species: F. australiana – F. australis
Name

Fieldia A.Cunn., Geogr. Mem. New South Wales [Field] 363, t. 2. (1825)

Type species: Fieldia australis A.Cunn., Geogr. Mem. New South Wales [Field] 364, t. 2. (1825)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Basileophyta F.Muell.
Lenbrassia G.W.Gillett

References
Primary references

Cunn, A. 1825. Geographical Memoirs on New South Wales 363, t. 2.

Additional references

Clark J.L., Skog L.E., Boggan J.K. & Ginzbarg, S. 2020. Index to names of New World members of the Gesneriaceae (subfamilies Sanangoideae and Gesnerioideae). Rheedea: Official Journal of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy 30(1): 190-256. DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2020.30.01.14 PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Fieldia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Aug. 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Fieldia. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 17 2020.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Fieldia (Gesneriaceae).

Vernacular names

Fieldia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria in Australia.[1] It has at times been treated as monotypic, with one species, F. australis.[2] Two are accepted as of April 2021 by sources that include Lenbrassia in Fieldia.[1][3]
Species

As of April 2021, the genus contains two accepted species:[1][3]

Fieldia australiana (C.T.White) B.L.Burtt, synonym Lenbrassia australiana
Fieldia australis A.Cunn.

References

"Fieldia A.Cunn.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-04-13
Weber, A.; Middleton, D.J.; Clark, J.L. & Möller, M. (2020), "Keys to the infrafamilial taxa and genera of Gesneriaceae", Rheedea, 30 (1): 5–47, doi:10.22244/rheedea.2020.30.01.02
Clark, J.L.; Skog, L.E.; Boggan, J.K. & Ginzbarg, S. (2020), "Index to names of New World members of the Gesneriaceae (subfamilies Sanangoideae and Gesnerioideae)", Rheedea, 30 (1): 190–256, doi:10.22244/rheedea.2020.30.01.14