Austrocallerya pilipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Austrocallerya
Species:
A. pilipes
Binomial name
Austrocallerya pilipes
(F.M.Bailey) J.Compton & Schrire[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Callerya pilipes (F.M.Bailey) Schot
  • Millettia pilipes F.M.Bailey
  • Wisteria pilipes (F.M.Bailey)

Austrocallerya pilipes, synonym Callerya pilipes, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, endemic to Queensland, Australia.[1] It is a robust twining vine, climbing up trees and shrubs.[2] It is known as the northern wistaria.[3]

Description

Like the other species of Austrocallerya, A. pilipes is a robust, twining woody vine. It has evergreen leaves with 4–18 paired leaflets plus a terminal leaflet. Its flowers are arranged in a robust many-flowered terminal panicle. A. pilipes can be distinguished from the other species in the genus by its larger floral bracts, more than 8 mm (0.3 in) long and wide, as opposed to at most 2 mm (0.1 in) wide, which enclose the flower buds before the flower opens. Also, the surface of the seed pod lacks longitudinal ridges or grooves.[2]

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Frederick Manson Bailey in 1890 as Millettia pilipes.[4] It was placed in the genus Callerya as Callerya pilipes by Anne M. Schot in 1994. A 2019 molecular phylogenetic study found that it did not belong either in the genus Millettia or in the genus Callerya, and placed it in a newly established genus Austrocallerya within an expanded tribe Wisterieae.[2]

Distribution and habitat

Austrocallerya pilipes is endemic to Queensland,[1] where it occurs in rainforest, climbing up trees and over scrub at elevations from 300 to 1,200 m (1,000 to 3,900 ft).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Austrocallerya pilipes (F.M.Bailey) J.Compton & Schrire", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-01-24
  2. 1 2 3 4 Compton, James A.; Schrire, Brian D.; Könyves3, Kálmán; Forest, Félix; Malakasi, Panagiota; Sawai Mattapha & Sirichamorn, Yotsawate (2019), "The Callerya Group redefined and Tribe Wisterieae (Fabaceae) emended based on morphology and data from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences", PhytoKeys (125): 1–112, doi:10.3897/phytokeys.125.34877, PMC 6610001, PMID 31303810{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "Austrocallerya pilipes (F.M.Bailey) J.Compton & Schrire", Atlas of Living Australia, retrieved 2023-01-24
  4. ↑ "Austrocallerya pilipes (F.M.Bailey) J.Compton & Schrire", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2023-01-24
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