{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2024}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Commersonia fraseri.jpg |image_caption = ''Androcalva fraseri'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Androcalva |authority = C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock<ref name=APC>{{cite web|title=''Androcalva''|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/235982|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref> |synonyms_ref = <ref name="APC" /> |synonyms = |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text |type_species = ''Androcalva perlaria'' |type_species_authority = C.F.Wilkins }} [[File:Androcalva luteiflora - Flickr - Kevin Thiele.jpg|thumb|''Androcalva luteiflora'']] [[File:Androcalva rosea.jpg|thumb|''Androcalva rosea'']]
'''''Androcalva''''' is a genus of 33 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to continental Australia.
==Description== Plants in the genus ''Androcalva'' are shrubs or trees and have stems, leaves and flowers covered with star-like hairs. The leaves are simple, often with irregularly-toothed or lobed edges, and with ligules at the base but that are sometimes deciduous. The flowers are bisexual, arranged in cymes opposite leaf axils, with 5 sepals, 5 petals, 5 stamens, and 5 staminodes sometimes with 3 lobes. The fruit is a bristly capsule with five valves, and is covered with star-shaped hairs.<ref name="RBGV">{{cite web |last1=Messina |first1=Andre |last2=Stajsic |first2=Val |title=''Androcalva'' |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/c09fe2a4-b106-420d-ad06-6628ff2a5304 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=5 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=FloraBase>{{FloraBase | name = ''Androcalva'' | id = 40900}}</ref><ref name="RBGS">{{cite web |last1=Conn |first1=Barry J. |title=''Androcalva'' |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&showsyn=&dist=&constat=&lvl=gn&name=Commersonia |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="Blake">{{cite book |last1=Blake |first1=Trevor L. |title=Lantern bushes of Australia ; Thomasias & allied genera : a field and horticultural guide |date=2021 |publisher=Australian Plants Society, Keilor Plains Group |location=Victoria |isbn=9780646839301 |pages=88–91}}</ref>
==Taxonomy== The genus ''Androcalva'' was first formally described in 2011 by Carolyn Wilkins and Barbara Whitlock in ''Australian Systematic Botany'' and comprises species formerly included in ''Commersonia'' (22) and ''Rulingia'' (4) as well as 7 new species.<ref name="Blake" /><ref>{{cite journal|author1=Wilkins, Carolyn F. |author2=Whitlock, Barbara A. |year=2011|title=A new Australian genus, ''Androcalva'', separated from ''Commersonia'' (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae)|journal=Australian Systematic Botany|volume=24|issue=5|pages=284–349|doi=10.1071/SB10032}}</ref> The name ''Androcalva'' means "bald male", referring to the glabrous staminodes.<ref name="Blake" /><ref name="Sharr">{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=59 |edition=3rd}}</ref>
==Distribution== All 33 species of ''Androcalva'' are endemic to Australia, and species occur in all continental states and territories.<ref name="PoWO">{{cite web |title=''Androcalva'' |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77116369-1 |publisher=Plants of the World Online |access-date=5 April 2023}}</ref>
==Species list== The following is a list of species accepted by the Australian Plant Census as of March 2023:<ref name="APClist">{{cite web |title=''Androcalva'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/taxonomy?product=APC&tree.id=51209179&name=Androcalva&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&inc._cultivar=&max=1000&display=apc&search=true |publisher=Australian Plant Census |access-date=8 March 2023}}</ref>
*''Androcalva adenothalia'' <small>C.F.Wilkins</small> (W.A.) *''Androcalva aphrix''<small> C.F.Wilkins</small> (W.A.) *''Androcalva argentea'' <small> (Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (Qld.) *''Androcalva beeronensis'' <small> (Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (Qld.) *''Androcalva bivillosa'' <small>C.F.Wilkins</small> (W.A.) *''Androcalva crispa'' <small> (Turcz.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> - crisped leaf commersonia (W.A.) *''Androcalva cuneata'' <small> (Turcz.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (W.A.) *''Androcalva fragifolia'' <small>C.F.Wilkins</small> (W.A.) *''Androcalva fraseri'' <small> (J.Gay) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> - blackfellow's hemp, brush kurrajong (N.S.W., Qld.) *''Androcalva gaudichaudii''<small> (J.Gay) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (W.A.) *''Androcalva incilis''<small> C.F.Wilkins</small> (W.A.) *''Androcalva inglewoodensis'' <small> (Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (Qld.) *''Androcalva johnsonii'' <small> (Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (Qld.) *''Androcalva lachna'' <small>C.F.Wilkins</small> (W.A.) *''Androcalva leichhardtii'' <small> (Benth.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (Qld.) *''Androcalva leiperi'' <small> (Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (Qld.) *''Androcalva loxophylla'' <small>(F.Muell.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (W.A., N.T., S.A., Qld.) *''Androcalva luteiflora'' <small> (E.Pritz.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (W.A., N.T.) *''Androcalva melanopetala'' <small>(F.Muell.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (W.A.) *''Androcalva microphylla'' <small> (Benth.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (W.A.) *''Androcalva multiloba'' <small> (C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (S.A.) *''Androcalva pearnii'' <small>(Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (Qld.) *''Androcalva pedleyi'' <small>(Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (Qld.) *''Androcalva perkinsiana'' <small>(Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (Qld.) *''Androcalva perlaria'' <small>C.F.Wilkins</small> (W.A.) *''Androcalva procumbens'' <small>(Maiden & Betche) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (N.S.W.) *''Androcalva pulchella'' <small>(Turcz.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (W.A.) *''Androcalva reticulata'' <small>(Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (Qld.) *''Androcalva rosea'' <small>(S.A.J.Bell & L.M.Copel.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (N.S.W.) *''Androcalva rossii'' <small>(Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> - blackfellow's hemp (N.S.W., Vic.) *''Androcalva stowardii'' <small> (S.Moore) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (W.A.) *''Androcalva tatei'' <small>(F.Muell. ex Tate) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> - trailing commersonia (S.A., Vic.) *''Androcalva viscidula'' <small> (Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (Qld., N.S.W.)
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Category:Androcalva Category:Malvales of Australia Category:Malvaceae genera Category:Plants described in 2011 Category:Taxa named by Carolyn F. Wilkins Category:Taxa named by Barbara Ann Whitlock Category:Endemic flora of Australia