Hemiandra

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Prostantheroideae
Tribus: Westringieae
Genus: Hemiandra
Overview of species

H. coccinea – H. gardneri – H. incana – H. leiantha – H. pungens – H. rubriflora – H. rutilans
Name

Hemiandra R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 502 (1810)

Type species: Hemiandra pungens R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 502 (1810)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Australasia
Australia
Queensland, Western Australia,

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Brown, R. (1810) Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 502.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Hemiandra in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 July 26. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Hemiandra in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 July 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Hemiandra. Published online. Accessed: 26 July 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Hemiandra in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 July 26.
Tropicos.org 2019. Hemiandra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 July 26.

Vernacular names

Hemiandra is a genus of nine species of flowering plants of the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. Plants in the genus Hemiandra are shrubs with sessile leaves arranged in opposite pairs, petals with five lobes arranged in two "lips" and the fruit a capsule usually containing four nuts.

Description

Plants in the genus Hemiandra are prostrate to medium shrubs with rigid, leathery, sessile leaves arranged in opposite pairs. The flowers have five egg-shaped sepals fused at the base and five petals fused at the base to form a corolla with two "lips". The upper lip short of the corolla is erect with two lobes, the lower lip longer, spreading and three-lobed. The middle lobe itself often has two lobes. The flowers are white, pink or purple, often spotted in the throat. There are four stamens and a single style with two stigmas. The fruit is a capsule usually containing four nuts.[2][3]
Taxonomy

The genus Hemiandra was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen and the first species he described was Hemiandra pungens.[4][5] The name Hemiandra means "half male", referring to the anthers that are 1-celled.[6]
Species list

The following is a list of species of Hemiandra accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at January 2021:[7]

Hemiandra coccinea O.H.Sarg.
Hemiandra gardneri O.H.Sarg.
Hemiandra glabra Benth.
Hemiandra incana Bartl.
Hemiandra leiantha Benth.
Hemiandra linearis Benth.
Hemiandra pungens R.Br.
Hemiandra rubriflora O.H.Sarg.
Hemiandra rutilans O.H.Sarg.

References

"Hemiandra". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
"Hemiandra". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Hemigenia and Hemiandra" (PDF). Western Australian Government Department of Environment and Conservation. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
"Hemiandra". APNI. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805. London. p. 502. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 86. ISBN 9780958034180.
"Hemiandra". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 31 January 2021.