Gilesia

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Byttnerioideae
Tribus: Hermannieae
Genus: Gilesia
Species: G. biniflora
Name

Gilesia F.Muell., Fragm. (Mueller) 9(74): 41. (1875)

monotypic taxon

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Hymenocapsa J.M.Black

References

Mueller, F.J.H. von 1875. Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(74): 41.
Gilesia in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2020. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 21.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Gilesia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Gilesia. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 21 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Gilesia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Dec. 2020.

Gilesia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.[1] It is also in the Byttnerioideae subfamily and it only contains one species, Gilesia biniflora F.Muell.[2] It is commonly known as the 'western tar-vine'.[3]

Its native range is central Australia.[1]

It is named in honour of Christopher Giles (c. 1840 – 1917), an English surveyor, and Ernest Giles (1835–1897) an Australian explorer.[4] The specific Latin epithet of biniflora is derived from the Latin bīnus (“double, twofold”) and also 'flora' meaning plant. It was first described and published in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae (Fragm.) Vol.9 on page 42 in 1875.[1]
References

"Gilesia F.Muell. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
"Gilesia biniflora F.Muell. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
"The Hermannia Pages: Western Tar Vine". www.malvaceae.info. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.