Alyogyne

taxobox
name = "Alyogyne"


image_caption = "Alyogyne huegelii"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Malvales
familia = Malvaceae
genus = "Alyogyne"
genus_authority = Alef.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.|

"Alyogyne" is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae which are endemic to Australia. Its species were formerly in the genus Hibiscus but were split off starting in 1863 with "H. hakaeifolius". In 1915 Lewton transferred "H. cuneiformis" and in Fryxell (1968) "H. pinonianus" and "H. huegelii" followed. A recent revision has created many new species.

The name Alyogyne comes from the Greek words "alytos" (undivided) and "gyne" (female). "Gyne" referers to the styles which are female parts of a flower. In Hibiscus, the style is branched below the stigmas but in Alyogyne it is undivided.

Species include:

*"Alyogyne angulata"
*"Alyogyne angustiloba"
*"Alyogyne coronopifolia"
*"Alyogyne cuneiformis" (Coastal Hibiscus)
*"Alyogyne hakeifolia"
*"Alyogyne huegelii" (Lilac Hibiscus)
*"Alyogyne lilacina"
*"Alyogyne multifida"
*"Alyogyne pinoniana" (Sand Hibiscus)
*"Alyogyne purpurea"
*"Alyogyne pyrrhophila"
*"Alyogyne wrayae"

References

* [http://www.malvaceae.info/Genera/Alyogyne/Alyogyne.html Malvaceae Info: The "Alyogyne" Page]

External links

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* [http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/search/advanced?genus=alyogyne FloraBase - the Western Australian Flora: "Alyogyne"]
* [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/IpniServlet?navig=Show+%3A&chunk_size=100&start_row=0&infrafamily=&infraspecies=&include_authors=on&is_ik_record=on&family=&publication_title=&include_basionym_authors=on&infragenus=&is_apni_record=on&genus=Alyogyne&is_gci_record=on&author_abbrev=&query_type=by_query&species=%25&whole_name= The International Plant Names Index: "Alyogyne"]