Category: Lamiales

Belongs within: Veroniceae. Parahebe is a genus of mostly prostrate to decumbent subshrubs found in Australasia. They bear a laterally compressed, more or less two-lobed capsule with a septum across the narrowest diameter (Allan 1961). In the species P. catarractae, P. decora, P. hookeri and P. lyallii, flowers are borne in long-peduncled, usually numerous-flowered racemes with… Continue reading Parahebe

Belongs within: Lamiales.Contains: Linaria, Euphrasia, Jamesbrittenia, Ourisia, Penstemon, Cordylanthus, Keckiella, Myoporaceae, Buddlejeae, Scrophularieae. The plant family Scrophulariaceae has been distinguished in the past by the possession of a type of flower called a ‘scroph’, possessing bilaterally symmetrical, often tubular flowers, ovaries with axile placentation and numerous ovules, capsular fruits, and seeds with endosperm (Olmstead et… Continue reading Scrophulariaceae

Belongs within: Lamiales.Contains: Utricularia. The Lentibulariaceae are a family of small carnivorous plants growing in damp habitats. Species of Pinguicula (butterworts) have sticky glandular leaves that trap insects, whereas Utricularia and Polypompholyx (bladderworts) have specialised bladders on filiform leaves that trap aquatic micro-invertebrates. Polypompholyx is a small Australian genus that differs from Utricularia in having… Continue reading Lentibulariaceae

Belongs within: Lamiales.Contains: Mimulus section Paradanthus, Mimulus section Eunanus. The Phrymaceae are a smaller group of herbs and subshrubs with tubular, bilaterally symmetrical flowers, most of which were historically classified within the related family Scrophulariaceae. Flowers bear two flat stigma lobes that fold together when touched. Characters (Jepson Herbarium): Annual to shrub. Stem with cross-section… Continue reading Phrymaceae

Belongs within: Lamiidae.Contains: Avicennia, Lindernia, Calceolariaceae, Gesneriaceae, Plantaginaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Pedaliaceae, Acanthaceae, Phrymaceae, Lamiaceae, Orobanchaceae, Martyniaceae, Verbenaceae, Bignoniaceae, Lentibulariaceae, Ligustrum, Oleoideae, Jasminoideae. The Lamiales are a large clade of flowering plants. The greatest diversity of species are herbs or shrubs but members also include large trees and parasites of other plants. Members include the Stilbaceae, a… Continue reading Lamiales

Belongs within: Veroniceae.Contains: Veronica subgenus Pocilla, Veronica subgenus Pentasepalae, Veronica subgenus Stenocarpon, Hebe. Veronica, speedwells, is a diverse genus of flowering plants found primarily in temperate regions of the world. Recent phylogenetic analyses have confirmed its paraphyly to the Australasian and South American genera Derwentia and Hebe. Within the genus, the type subgenus Veronica is a morphologically… Continue reading Veronica

Belongs within: Lamiales.Contains: Gratioleae, Cheloneae, Callitriche, Veroniceae, Plantago. The Plantaginaceae are a clade of flowering plants identified by molecular phylogenetic analysis (Olmstead et al. 2001). Members of this clade are morphologically diverse, with many having been previously classified in the Scrophulariaceae rather than with Plantago. Plantago and the two small genera Littorella and Bougueria form… Continue reading Plantaginaceae

Belongs within: Lamiales.Contains: Tabebuia, Tecoma, Radermachera. The Bignoniaceae are a pantropical family of small trees, shrubs and climbers. Many species are familiar ornamental plants, such as the jacaranda Jacaranda acutifolia and tecoma Tecomaria capensis. Tecomanthe speciosa, a climber native to the Three Kings Islands near New Zealand, has only ever been known from a single… Continue reading Bignoniaceae