List of Australian plant species authored by George Don
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Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
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Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
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George Don
George Don was a Scottish botanist.George Don was born at Doo Hillock, Forfar, Angus, Scotland on 29 April 1797. His father, also named George Don, was Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 1802 and his mother was Caroline Clementina Stuart. George was the elder brother of David...
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- Acacia brunioidesAcacia brunioidesAcacia brunioides is an Australian spreading shrub belonging to the genus Acacia.Its natural range goes from Gibraltar Range north to McPherson Range. and near Toowooba ; also Wallangarra to Stanthorpe .This multi-branched shrub grows to a height of about 2 m...
A.Cunn.Allan Cunningham (botanist)Allan Cunningham was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants.- Early life :...
ex G.Don - Acacia cultriformisAcacia cultriformisAcacia cultriformis, known as the Knife-leaf Wattle, Dogtooth Wattle, Half-moon Wattle or Golden-glow Wattle, is a perennial tree or shrub of the genus Acacia native to Australia. It is widely cultivated, and has been found to have naturalised in Asia, Africa, North America, New Zealand and South...
A.Cunn.Allan Cunningham (botanist)Allan Cunningham was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants.- Early life :...
ex G.Don - Acacia cyclopsAcacia cyclopsAcacia cyclops, commonly known as red-eyed wattle or western coastal wattle, is a coastal shrub or small tree in the family Fabaceae...
A.Cunn.Allan Cunningham (botanist)Allan Cunningham was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants.- Early life :...
ex G.Don - Acacia deltoidea A.Cunn.Allan Cunningham (botanist)Allan Cunningham was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants.- Early life :...
ex G.Don - Acacia fimbriataAcacia fimbriataAcacia fimbriata, commonly known as the Fringed Wattle or Brisbane Golden Wattle, is a species of Acacia....
A.Cunn.Allan Cunningham (botanist)Allan Cunningham was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants.- Early life :...
ex G.Don - Acacia holosericeaAcacia holosericeaAcacia holosericea, is a shrub native to tropical and inland northern Australia. It is commonly known as Soapbush wattle or Strap Wattle....
A.Cunn.Allan Cunningham (botanist)Allan Cunningham was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants.- Early life :...
ex G.Don - Acacia pendulaAcacia pendulaAcacia pendula is a species of wattle which is native to Australia. It is a tree which grows up to 10 metres in height and is pendulous in form with grey green narrow phyllodes which are about 10 cm in length....
A.Cunn.Allan Cunningham (botanist)Allan Cunningham was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants.- Early life :...
ex G.Don - Acacia podalyriifoliaAcacia podalyriifoliaAcacia podalyriifolia is a perennial tree which is fast-growing and widely cultivated. It is native to Australia but is also naturalised in Malaysia, Africa, India and South America. Its uses include environmental management and it is also used as an ornamental tree. It is very closely related...
A.Cunn.Allan Cunningham (botanist)Allan Cunningham was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants.- Early life :...
ex G.Don - Acacia prominensAcacia prominensAcacia prominens is a shrub or tree in the genus Acacia native to New South Wales, Australia. It grows 5–9 meters, sometimes 20–25 meters high and contains the psychoactive alkaloids phenylethylamine and β-methylphenethylamine. It is most closely related to A...
A.Cunn.Allan Cunningham (botanist)Allan Cunningham was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants.- Early life :...
ex G.Don - Acacia rigensAcacia rigensAcacia rigens, commonly known as Nealie, is an erect or speading shrub or small tree that is endemic to Australia. Other common names include Needle Wattle, Needlebush Acacia, Nealia and Nilyah....
A.Cunn.Allan Cunningham (botanist)Allan Cunningham was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants.- Early life :...
ex G.Don - Acacia sertiformis A.Cunn.Allan Cunningham (botanist)Allan Cunningham was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants.- Early life :...
ex G.Don - Alocasia macrorrhizosAlocasia macrorrhizosAlocasia macrorrhizos is a species of flowering plant in the arum family, Araceae, that it is native to rainforests from Malaysia to Queensland and has long been cultivated on many Pacific islands and elsewhere in the tropics...
(L.Carolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
) G.Don - Aotus ericoidesAotus ericoidesAotus ericoides , also known as Common Aotus, is a shrub in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to eastern Australia.The species grows up to two metres in height. Its leaves are 0.6 to 2 cm long and 0.1 to 0.5 cm wide...
(Vent.) G.Don - Brachychiton acerifoliusBrachychiton acerifoliusBrachychiton acerifolius, commonly known as the Illawarra Flame Tree, is a large tree of the family Malvaceae native to subtropical regions on the east coast of Australia. It is famous for the bright red bell-shaped flowers that often cover the whole tree when it is leafless...
(A.Cunn.Allan Cunningham (botanist)Allan Cunningham was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants.- Early life :...
ex G.Don) Macarthur & C.Moore - Callistemon viminalisCallistemon viminalisCallistemon viminalis, also known as Weeping Bottlebrush, is a shrub or small tree in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to the states of New South Wales and Queensland in Australia where it often occurs along watercourses....
(Sol. ex Gaertn.) G.Don - Catharanthus roseusCatharanthus roseusCatharanthus roseus is a species of Catharanthus native and endemic to Madagascar. Synonyms include Vinca rosea , Ammocallis rosea, and Lochnera rosea; other English names occasionally used include Cape Periwinkle, Rose Periwinkle, Rosy Periwinkle, and "Old-maid".In the wild, it is an endangered...
(L.Carolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
) G.Don - Chrysophyllum roxburghii G.Don
- Clianthus formosus (G.Don) Ford & Vickery
- Crotalaria ochroleuca G.Don
- Daviesia leptophyllaDaviesia leptophyllaDaviesia leptophylla, commonly known as Narrow-leaf Bitter-pea, is a broom-like shrub species in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to Australia...
A.Cunn.Allan Cunningham (botanist)Allan Cunningham was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants.- Early life :...
ex G.Don - Daviesia physodes A.Cunn.Allan Cunningham (botanist)Allan Cunningham was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants.- Early life :...
ex G.Don - Decaspermum humileDecaspermum humileDecaspermum humile, commonly known as the Silky Myrtle, is a tree from Australia and Asia. It can be used as bush food, as indicated by the alternate common name of Currant Myrtle. The tree features an attractive dark glossy crown...
(G.Don) A.J.Scott - Desmodium varians (Labill.) G.Don
- Dodonaea boroniifolia G.Don
- Dodonaea multijuga G.Don
- Elaeocarpus obovatusElaeocarpus obovatusElaeocarpus obovatus is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It grows from near Wyong in New South Wales to Proserpine, Queensland in the tropics....
G.Don - Hippobroma longifloraHippobroma longifloraHippobroma longiflora is a flowering plant in the Campanulaceae family. It is endemic to the West Indies, but has become naturalized across the American tropics and Oceania.It is notable for its concentrations of two pyridine alkaloids: lobeline and nicotine...
(L.Carolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
) G.Don - Hovea acutifolia A.Cunn.Allan Cunningham (botanist)Allan Cunningham was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants.- Early life :...
ex G.Don - Hovea apiculata A.Cunn.Allan Cunningham (botanist)Allan Cunningham was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants.- Early life :...
ex G.Don - Hoya lanceolata Wall. ex G.Don
- Hoya linearis Wall. ex G.Don
- Isotoma scapigera (R.Br.Robert Brown (botanist)Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist and palaeobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope...
) G.Don - Lagunaria patersoniaLagunariaLagunaria is a monotypic genus in the family Malvaceae. It is an Australian plant endemic to Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and parts of coastal Queensland. It has been introduced to many parts of the world...
(Andrews) G.Don - Ludwigia hyssopifolia (G.Don) Exell
- Melaleuca acerosa (Colla) G.Don
- Mirbelia rubiifoliaMirbelia rubiifoliaMirbelia rubiifolia is a small and spreading shrub in the family Fabaceae. Heath Mirbelia is endemic to Australia. It is found in sclerophyll forest and woodlands, as well as heath on sandy soils on the coast or tablelands, often in areas liable to inundation...
(Andrews) G.Don - Modiola carolinianaModiola carolinianaModiola is a monotypic genus of plants in the mallow family containing the single species Modiola caroliniana, which is known by several common names, including Carolina bristlemallow, babosilla, and redflower mallow...
(L.Carolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
) G.Don - Oxylobium linariifolium (G.Don) Domin
- Rhodomyrtus psidioidesRhodomyrtus psidioidesRhodomyrtus psidioides, the native guava, is a shrub or small rainforest tree to 12m high, native to eastern Australia.Leaves are ovate to elliptic or oblong, 5–25 cm long and 2.5–6.5 cm wide, with a glossy upper surface and paler lower surface. Oil glands are numerous, and the leaves...
(G.Don) Benth.George BenthamGeorge Bentham CMG FRS was an English botanist, characterized by Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century".- Formative years :... - Sagina maritima G.Don
- Scaevola sect. Xerocarpa G.Don
- Soliva stolonifera (Brot.) R.Br.Robert Brown (botanist)Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist and palaeobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope...
ex G.Don - Sphenotoma squarrosa (R.Br.Robert Brown (botanist)Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist and palaeobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope...
) G.Don - Swainsona formosa (G.Don) Joy Thomps.
- Villarsia exaltata (Sims) G.Don
- Viola caleyana G.Don