Pandorea linearis

Pandorea linearis is a species of flowering plant in the family Bignoniaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is similar to Pandorea pandorana but has nine to thirteen linear leaflets, the lateral leaflets 11–42 mm (0.43–1.65 in) long and 1.5–6 mm (0.059–0.236 in) wide.[2]

Pandorea linearis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Pandorea
Species:
P. linearis
Binomial name
Pandorea linearis
Synonyms[1]
  • Pandorea australis subsp. linearis (F.M.Bailey) Steenis
  • Tecoma australis var. linearis F.M.Bailey

This species was first formally described in 1901 by Frederick Manson Bailey who gave it the name Tecoma australis var. linearis in The Queensland Flora from specimens collected near Herberton by his son, John Frederick Bailey.[3] In 2008, Gordon P. Guymer raised the variety to species status as Pandorea linearis in the journal Austrobaileya.[2][4]

Pandorea linearis grows in woodland, forest and shrubland from the Stannary Hills to the Paluma Range in north-eastern Queensland.[2]

References
  1. "Pandorea linearis". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  2. Guymer, Gordon P. (2008). "Two new species of Pandorea Spach (Bignoniaceae) recognised from Queensland". Austrobaileya. 7 (4): 736. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  3. "Tecoma australis var. linearis". APNI. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  4. "Pandorea linearis". APNI. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
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