Stackhousia Explained

Stackhousia is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the family Celastraceae^[1] that are native to Australia, New Zealand, Malesia and Micronesia. The genus was first described by James Edward Smith in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London in 1798.

It was formerly placed in Stackhousiaceae, but under the APG II system this family has been folded into Celastraceae.

Species include:

• Stackhousia annua W.R.Barker
• Stackhousia aspericocca Schuch.
• Stackhousia clementii Domin
• Stackhousia dielsii Pamp. - Yellow stackhousia
• Stackhousia gunnii Hook.f. now Stackhousia subterranea
• Stackhousia huegelii Endl.
• Stackhousia intermedia F.M.Bailey
• Stackhousia megaloptera F.Muell.
• Stackhousia minima Hook.f.
• Stackhousia monogyna Labill. - Creamy candles, creamy stackhousia
• Stackhousia muricata Lindl.
• Stackhousia pubescens A.Rich. - Downy stackhousia
• Stackhousia pulvinaris F.Muell. - Alpine stackhousia
• Stackhousia scoparia Benth.
• Stackhousia spathulata Sieber ex Spreng.
• Stackhousia stratfordiae W.R.Barker & Cockerton
• Stackhousia subterranea W.R.Barker - Gunn's mignonette, grasslands candles
• Stackhousia tryonii F.M.Bailey
• Stackhousia umbellata C.A.Gardner & A.S.George
• Stackhousia viminea Sm. - Slender stackhousia

References

• Web site: Stackhousia. 2008-02-03. Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra.
• Web site: Stackhousia . 2008-02-03 . PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online . Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Family: Celastraceae R. Br., nom. cons. . 2008-02-03 . Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) . United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090506184305/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/family.pl?235 . 2009-05-06 .