Eremophila section Platychilus

Belongs within: Myoporaceae.

The section Platychilus of the genus Eremophila is a group of emu-bushes in which the segments of the calyx are basally imbricate and the lips of the corolla are clearly demarcated (Black & Robertson 1965).

Characters (from Black & Robertson 1965): Calyx-segments imbricate at base; upper lip of corolla two-lobed, lower lip three-lobed, lobes rounded and subequal, cut to about one-third of corolla.

<==Eremophila sect. PlatychilusBR65
    |--E. battiiBR65
    |    |--E. b. var. battiiBR65
    |    `--E. b. var. major Black 1933BR65
    |--E. behriana [=Pholidia behriana]BR65
    |--E. bignoniiflora [=Stenochilus bignoniaeflorus]BR65
    |--E. crassifolia [=Pholidia crassifolia]BR65
    |--E. divaricataBR65
    |--E. exotrachys Kraenzl 1925BR65
    |--E. freelingiiBR65
    |--E. gibbifolia [=Duttonia gibbifolia Mueller 1856, Pholidia gibbifolia; incl. Eremophila gibbosifolia Mueller 1859]BR65
    |--E. gibsoniiBR65
    |--E. goodwiniiBR65
    |--E. parvifoliaBR65
    |--E. pentapteraBR65
    |--E. polyclada [=Pholidia polyclada]BR65
    |--E. rotundifoliaBR65
    |--E. santalina [=Pholidia santalina]BR65
    |--E. weldii [=Pholidia weldii]BR65
    `--E. willsii [incl. E. willsii var. integrifolia Ewart 1917]BR65

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[BR65] Black, J. M., & E. L. Robertson. 1965. Flora of South Australia. Part IV. Oleaceae–Compositae. W. L. Hawes, Government Printer: Adelaide.