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Hibbertia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image_caption = Hibbertia scandens

|taxon = Hibbertia

|authority = Andrews{{cite web|title=Hibbertia|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/90786|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=17 March 2021}}

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See List of Hibbertia species

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  • Candollea Labill. nom. illeg.
  • Hibbertia sect. Cyclandra F.Muell. nom. inval.
  • Hibbertia sect. Euhibbertia Benth. nom. inval.
  • Eeldea T.Durand
  • Hibbertia sect. Candollea Gilg
  • Hemistemma Thouars nom. inval., nom. nud.
  • Hemistema Thouars orth. var.
  • Hemistemma Juss. ex Thouars
  • Pleurandra Labill.
  • Burtonia Salisb. nom. rej.
  • Pachynema R.Br. ex DC.
  • Cistomorpha Caley ex DC. nom. inval., pro syn.
  • Adrastaea DC.
  • Adrastea Spreng. orth. var.
  • Hibbertia sect. Burtonia (Salisb.) G.Don
  • Ochrolasia Turcz.
  • Huttia J.Drumm. ex Harv.
  • Hemistephus J.Drumm. ex Harv.
  • Warburtonia F.Muell.
  • Pachynema sect. Huttia (J.Drumm. ex Harv.) Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Pachynema R.Br. ex DC. sect. Pachynema
  • Hibbertia sect. Hemistemma (Thouars) Benth.
  • Hibbertia sect. Pleurandra (Labill.) Benth.
  • Hibbertia sect. Huttia (J.Drumm. ex Harv.) F.Muell.
  • Pleurandros St.-Lag. orth. var.
  • Pachynema sect. Stemmatanthus F.Muell. & Tate
  • Pachynema sect. Stematanthus Gilg & Werderm. orth. var.
  • Hibbertia sect. Hemistema A.D.Chapm. orth. var.

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Image:Hibbertia grossulariifolia marg rvr email.jpg, Margaret River region, WA]]

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Hibbertia, commonly known as guinea flowers, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dilleniaceae. They are usually shrubs with simple leaves and usually yellow flowers with five sepals and five petals. There are about 400 species, most of which occur in Australia but a few species occur in New Guinea, New Caledonia, Fiji and Madagascar.

Description

Plants in the genus Hibbertia are usually shrubs, rarely climbers, and often form mats. Their leaves are usually arranged alternately along the stems, usually sessile, clustered on short side-branches, and have smooth, rarely toothed or lobed edges. The flowers are usually arranged singly in leaf axils or on the ends of stems and have five sepals, two "outer" sepals slightly overlapping the three "inner" ones. There are five yellow, rarely orange, petals and the stamens are usually arranged in three to five groups, sometimes on only one side of the carpels. There are between two and five carpels, usually free from each other, each containing up to six ovules and with a style on the top. The fruit is a follicle containing seeds, usually with an aril.{{cite web |last1=Toelken |first1=Hellmut R. |title=Hibbertia |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/73ff9ddb-8eea-4734-86a6-b32984e34356 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=17 March 2021}}{{cite web |title=Hibbertia |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&showsyn=&dist=&constat=&lvl=gn&name=Hibbertia |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=17 March 2021}}{{FloraBase | name = Hibbertia | id = 22466}}

Taxonomy and naming

The genus Hibbertia was first formally described in 1800 by Henry Cranke Andrews in his book The Botanist's Repository for New, and Rare Plants and the first species he described was H. volubilis, now known as H. scandens.{{cite web|title=Hibbertia|url= http://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/465034|publisher=APNI|access-date=17 March 2021}}{{cite book |last1=Andrews |first1=Henry Cranke |title=The Botanist's Repository for New, and Rare Plants |volume=2|date=1800 |publisher=H.C.Andrews |location=London |page=126 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109209#page/108/mode/1up |access-date=9 July 2020}}{{cite web|title=Hibbertia scandens|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/90786|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=16 March 2021}} The name Hibbertia honours George Hibbert, a patron of botany and slave trader.{{cite web |title=Hibbertia |url=http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Hibbertia |publisher=State Herbarium of South Australia |access-date=17 March 2021}}{{cite book|author1=Corrick, M.G. |author2=Fuhrer, B.A.| title=Wildflowers of Victoria and adjoining areas| publisher=Bloomings Books|location= Australia | year=2001 | isbn=1876473142}}{{cite news |last1=Kindy |first1=Dave |title=Scientists want to rename the Hitler beetle — but not for the reason you think |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/09/24/hitler-beetle-offensive-species-names/ |newspaper=Washington Post |date=21 September 2023}} The common name, guinea flower reflects the resemblance of the flowers to the colour and shape of the guinea coin.{{cite web |title=Hibbertia scandens |date=26 May 2020 |url=https://resources.austplants.com.au/plant/hibbertia-scandens/ |publisher=Australian Plants Society NSW |access-date=17 March 2021}}

=Species list=

See List of Hibbertia species

References

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Category:Eudicot genera

Category:Taxa named by Henry Cranke Andrews