Mirbelieae

Bookleaf Daviesia cordata, copyright Gnangarra.

Belongs within: Papilionoideae.
Contains: Pultenaea, Bossiaea, Gompholobium, Gastrolobium.

The Mirbelieae are an Australasian group of legumes that are mostly sclerophyllous shrubs. Members of the clade produce gigantic antipodal cells in the embryo sacs, or multiple embryo sacs lacking antipodals. Members include the genus Daviesia, bitter peas, in which legume pods are more or less elongate and triangular.

<==Mirbelieae M09
    |--+--Bossiaea CP13
    |  |--Gompholobium CP13
    |  |--Isotropis CP13
    |  |    |--I. atropurpurea MB08
    |  |    |--I. cuneifolia OS04
    |  |    |--I. drummondii OS04
    |  |    `--I. foliosa CP13
    |  `--+--Gastrolobium CP13
    |     `--Aotus CP13
    |          |--A. ericoides CP13
    |          |--A. intermedia GK00
    |          |--A. lanigera M65
    |          |--A. mollis MB08
    |          `--A. villosa C08
    `--Daviesia CP13
         |--D. acicularis C08
         |--D. angulata B00
         |--D. articulata OS04
         |--D. benthamii G04b
         |    |--D. b. ssp. benthamii G04b
         |    `--D. b. ssp. acanthoclona G04b
         |--D. brevifolia B00
         |--D. cardiophylla OS04
         |--D. cordata GK00
         |--D. corymbosa M65
         |--D. daphnoides B00
         |--D. decipiens OS04
         |--D. decurrens RL05
         |--D. divaricata B14
         |--D. eremaea MLP09
         |--D. euryloba G04b
         |--D. genistifolia C08
         |--D. gracilis RL05
         |--D. hakeoides OS04
         |    |--D. h. ssp. hakeoides OS04
         |    `--D. h. ssp. subnuda OS04
         |--D. incrassata GK00
         |--D. latifolia CP13
         |--D. longifolia OS04
         |--D. mimosoides B00
         |--D. nematophylla G04b
         |--D. physodes GK00
         |--D. preissii RL05
         |--D. purpurascens G04a
         |--D. reclinata LK14
         |--D. squarrosa M65
         |--D. ulicina C08
         |--D. umbellulata M65
         `--D. villifera M09

Mirbelieae incertae sedis:
  Podolobium ilicifolium M09
  Mirbelia B14
    |--M. aotoides M65
    |--M. densiflora G04b
    |--M. depressa G04a
    |--M. dilatata M09
    |--M. pungens C08
    |--M. ramulosa RL05
    |--M. seorsifolia B14
    |--M. speciosa C08
    |--M. spinosa S95
    `--M. viminalis LK14
  Pultenaea M09

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B14] Bouchard, P. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Beetles: A lifesize guide to six hundred of nature's gems. Ivy Press: Lewes (United Kingdom).

[B00] Braby, M. F. 2000. Butterflies of Australia: their identification, biology and distribution vol. 2. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood (Victoria).

[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.

[CP13] Cardoso, D., R. T. Pennington, L. P. de Queiroz, J. S. Boatwright, B.-E. Van Wyk, M. F. Wojciechowski & M. Lavin. 2013. Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes. South African Journal of Botany 89: 58–75.

[G04a] Gibson, N. 2004a. Flora and vegetation of the Eastern Goldfields Ranges: part 6. Mt Manning Range. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 87 (2): 35–47.

[G04b] Gibson, N. 2004b. 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.

[LK14] Lyons, M. N., G. J. Keighery, L. A. Gibson & T. Handasyde. 2014. Flora and vegetation communities of selected islands off the Kimberley coast of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 81: 205–244.

[MB08] Maiden, J. H., & E. Betche. 1908. Notes from the Botanic Gardens, Sydney. No. 13. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 304–319.

[MLP09] McKenzie, N. L., S. van Leeuwen & A. M. Pinder. 2009. Introduction to the Pilbara Biodiversity Survey, 2002–2007. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 78 (1): 3–89.

[M65] Michener, C. D. 1965. A classification of the bees of the Australian and South Pacific regions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 130: 1–362.

[M09] Moir, M. L. 2009. Two new species of the lacebug genus Radinacantha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) from Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 25 (3): 269–275.

[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.

[RL05] Rafferty, C., & B. B. Lamont. 2005. Selective feeding by macropods on vegetation regenerating following fire. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 88 (4): 155–165.

[S95] Smith, G. T. 1995. Species richness, habitat and conservation of scorpions in the Western Australian wheatbelt. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 52: 55–66.

Last updated: 31 October 2020.