Velleia
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Velleia is a genus
of herbs in the family Goodeniaceae
. Of the 22 species, 21 are endemic to Australia
, and one is endemic to New Guinea
.
Species include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of herbs in the family Goodeniaceae
Goodeniaceae
Goodeniaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Asterales. It contains about 404 species in twelve genera. The family is distributed mostly in Australia, except for the genus Scaevola, which is pantropical...
. Of the 22 species, 21 are endemic to Australia
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...
, and one is endemic to New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
.
Species include:
- Velleia arguta R.Br.
- Velleia connata F.Muell.
- Velleia cycnopotamica F.Muell.
- Velleia daviesii F.Muell.
- Velleia discophora F.Muell.
- Velleia exigua (F.Muell.) Carolin
- Velleia foliosa (Benth.) K.Krause
- Velleia glabrata Carolin
- Velleia hispida W.Fitzg.
- Velleia lyrata R.Br.
- Velleia macrocalyx de Vriese
- Velleia macrophylla (Lindl.) Benth.
- Velleia montanaVelleia montanaVelleia montana is a species of Velleia plant. The plant is under 6 inches. The color of the flowers is bright yellow and it blooms in late spring or summer. It is an evergreen plant....
Hook.f. - Velleia panduriformis Benth.
- Velleia paradoxa R.Br.
- Velleia parvisepta Carolin
- Velleia perfoliata R.Br.
- Velleia pubescens R.Br.
- Velleia spathulata R.Br.
- Velleia trinervis Labill.