Generic and infrageneric limits of Phebalium and its allies (Rutaceae: Zanthoxyloideae)
Author
Duretto, Marco F.
Author
Heslewood, Margaret M.
Author
Bayly, Michael J.
text
Australian Systematic Botany
2023
2023-04-21
36
2
107
142
http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sb22018
journal article
10.1071/SB22018
1446-5701
Asterolasia
section
Muricatae
Duretto & Heslewood
,
sect. nov.
Type
:
Asterolasia muricata
J.M.Black.
Differs from the typical section by flowers having two carpels (
v
. 5) and from section
Urocarpus
by flowers having yellow petals with stellate hairs with unfused rays (
v
. petals
white, pink, or yellow and then hairs on abaxial surface with fused rays so the hairs look like fimbriate scales).
Hairs stellate, rays unfused. Leaves revolute. Petals yellow. Carpels 2.
A
monotypic section confined to
South Australia
.
Etymology
The sectional name is derived from the specific epithet of its
type
species.