Billardiera drummondii

Billardiera drummondii is a slender climber in the Pittosporaceae family, native to the south-west of Western Australia, which grows in Eucalypt woodland on coastal soils.[4] Its flowers are blue to purple and seen in January.[4]

Billardiera drummondii
as Sollya drummondii (from Gartenflora, 1859)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Pittosporaceae
Genus: Billardiera
Species:
B. drummondii
Binomial name
Billardiera drummondii
Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
Synonyms[3]

Sollya drummondii C.Morren

In the redescription of the genus Billardiera of Cayzer, Crisp and Telford in 2004,[2] plants in the genus are said to have:

  • clawed petals
  • petals briefly cohering
  • angular filaments
  • anther apices reflexed
  • non-axile placentation
  • fruit indehiscent
  • exocarp thin, leathery, not brittle
  • fleshy mesocarp
  • seeds inserted in two rows per loculus
  • seed insertion from top to bottom of chamber
  • fruit not brown
  • fruit apparently unilocular

References
  1. "Billardiera drummondii". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. Cayzer, L.W., Crisp, M.D. & Telford, I.R.H. (2004) Cladistic analysis and revision of Billardiera (Pittosporaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 17(1): 121-123, Fig. 38. doi:10.1071/SB03028 (request text)
  3. Govaerts, R. et al. (2018) Plants of the world online: Billardiera drummondii. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  4. "Billardiera drummondii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.


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