Conosperminae

Synaphea petiolaris, from Esperance Wildflowers.

Belongs within: Proteaceae.

The Conosperminae are a group of proteaceous plants found in Australia, primarily in the south-west corner.

Characters (from Flora of Australia): Leaves entire to ±pinnate. Inflorescence of 1–many short, dense spikes. Flowers weakly or (more commonly) strongly zygomorphic, bisexual; tepal bases connate. One anther and 2 half-anthers abortive; loculi of adjacent anthers cohering in bud. Hypogynous glands absent. Style variously modified but pollen presenter absent. Fruit a nut, often with long hairs. n = 11.

<==Conosperminae
    |--Conospermum B06
    |    |--C. brownii G04
    |    |--C. capitatum GK00
    |    |--C. ericifolium H87a
    |    |--C. flexuosum GK00
    |    |    |--C. f. ssp. flexuosum GK00
    |    |    `--C. f. ssp. laevigatum GK00
    |    |--C. longifolium H87a
    |    |    |--C. l. var. longifolium H87b
    |    |    `--C. l. var. angustifolium H87b
    |    |--C. stoechadis OS04
    |    |    |--C. s. ssp. stoechadis OS04
    |    |    `--C. s. ssp. sclerophyllum OS04
    |    `--C. taxifolium C08
    `--Synaphea B06
         |--S. aephynsa B06
         |--S. damopsis B06
         |--S. decumbens B06
         |--S. endothrix B06
         |--S. favosa GK00
         |--S. interioris OS04
         |--S. lesueurensis B06
         |--S. oulopha B06
         |--S. panhesya B06
         |--S. petiolaris SB04
         |--S. quartzitica B06
         |--S. recurva B06
         |--S. reticulata GK00
         |--S. spinulosa B06
         |    |--S. s. ssp. spinulosa B06
         |    `--S. s. ssp. borealis B06
         `--S. xela Butcher 2006 B06

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B06] Butcher, R. 2006. Synaphea xela (Proteaceae: Conosperminae), a new species from the Jurien-Eneabba area of south-west Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 89 (3): 123–127.

[C08] Cambage, R. H. 1908. Notes on the native flora of New South Wales. Part VI. Deepwater to Torrington and Emmaville. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33 (1): 45–65, pls 1–2.

[G04] Gibson, N. 2004. Flora and vegetation of the Eastern Goldfields Ranges: part 7. Middle and South Ironcap, Digger Rock and Hatter Hill. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 87 (2): 49–62.

[GK00] Gibson, N., & G. J. Keighery. 2000. Flora and vegetation of the Byenup-Muir reserve system, south-west Western Australia. CALMScience 3 (3): 323–402.

[H87a] Haviland, E. 1887a. Flowering seasons of Australian plants. No. I—List of plants indigenous in the neighbourhood of Sydney, flowering during July. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (4): 1049–1051.

[H87b] Haviland, E. 1887b. Flowering seasons of Australian plants. No. II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (4): 1103–1104.

[OS04] Obbens, F. J., & L. W. Sage. 2004. Vegetation and flora of a diverse upland remnant of the Western Australian wheatbelt (Nature Reserve A21064). Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 87 (1): 19–28.

[SB04] Sage, L. W., P. A. Blankendaal, A. Moylett & K. Agar. 2004. The occurrence and impact of Phytophthora cinnamomi in the central-western Avon Wheatbelt bioregion of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 87 (1): 15–18.