Bellendena R.Br.

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Etymology

named in honour of John Bellenden Ker (1764-1842), a Scottish botanist

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Description

Shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire or imparipinnately to bipinnately lobed in distal half. Inflorescence terminal to subterminal. Flowers actinomorphic, bisexual, pedicellate. Tepals free. Stamens free; anthers introrse; connective protruding shortly beyond loculi. Gynoecium slightly shorter than stamens, glabrous; ovary shortly stipitate; stigma simple. Fruit flat, spathulate in outline, attenuate at base; style eccentric due to differential growth of ventral and dorsal fruit margins.

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A monospecific genus, endemic in Australia.

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Nomenclature and Typification

Bellendena montana R.Br.

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Bibliography

C.Venkata Rao, Studies in the Proteaceae 1. Tribe Persoonieae, Proc. Natl Inst. Sci. India 26B: 300-337 (1960); J.W.Wrigley & M.Fagg, Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas 122-123 (1989).

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Data derived from Flora of Australia Volumes 16 (1995), 17A (2000) and 17B (1999), products of ABRS, ©Commonwealth of Australia

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Last updated: System; Feb 20, 2020 12:41 Status: Legacy

Author - P.H.Weston

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Cite this profile as: P.H.Weston. Bellendena, in (ed.), Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Bellendena [Date Accessed: 19 September 2025]