Barklya

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

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|image = Barklya syringifolia flowers.jpg

|image_caption = Flowers

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|genus = Barklya

|parent_authority = F.Muell.

|species = syringifolia

|authority = F.Muell.

|synonyms = * Bauhinia syringifolia (F.Muell.) Wunderlin

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Barklya is a genus of Australian trees in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae. The sole species is Barklya syringifolia, commonly known as golden crown or golden glory.{{cite web|url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Barklya+syringifolia|title=Barklya syringifolia|access-date=27 September 2013|work=Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher=Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra|archive-date=9 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309012455/https://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Barklya+syringifolia|url-status=dead}}{{cite web | url = http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&genus~Barklya&species~ | title = ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Barklya | author = | website = International Legume Database & Information Service | publisher = Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics | access-date = 8 May 2014 }}{{cite web | url = http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?13576 | title = GRIN species records of Barklya | author = USDA | author-link = USDA | author2 = ARS | author2-link = Agricultural Research Service | author3 = National Genetic Resources Program | date = | website = Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database] | publisher = National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland | access-date = 5 May 2014 }}{{cite web | url = http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Leguminosae/Barklya/ | title = The Plant List entry for Barklya | date = 2013 | website = The Plant List | publisher = Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden | access-date = 5 May 2014 }} It grows in rainforest to 20 metres tall, and occurs in Queensland and New South Wales.{{cite web|title=Plant Net—New South Wales Flora Online|url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Bauhinia~syringifolia|work=Bauhinia syringifolia|publisher=NSW Government|access-date=11 January 2012}} It is often used as an ornamental.

The species was formally described in 1859 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller. Mueller's description was based on plant material collected by the superintendent of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Walter Hill, in the vicinity of Pine River to the north of Brisbane.