# Androcalva

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Commersonia fraseri.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Androcalva fraseri](/source/Androcalva_fraseri)''
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Androcalva
|authority = [C.F.Wilkins](/source/Carolyn_F._Wilkins) & [Whitlock](/source/Barbara_Ann_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](/source/C.F.Wilkins)
}}
[[File:Androcalva luteiflora - Flickr - Kevin Thiele.jpg|thumb|''[Androcalva luteiflora](/source/Androcalva_luteiflora)'']]
[[File:Androcalva rosea.jpg|thumb|''[Androcalva rosea](/source/Androcalva_rosea)'']]

'''''Androcalva''''' is a genus of 33 species of flowering plants in the family [Malvaceae](/source/Malvaceae) and is [endemic](/source/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](/source/Leaf), often with irregularly-toothed or lobed edges, and with [ligule](/source/ligule)s at the base but that are sometimes deciduous. The flowers are [bisexual](/source/Plant_reproductive_morphology), arranged in [cyme](/source/Cyme_(botany))s opposite leaf axils, with 5 [sepal](/source/sepal)s, 5 petals, 5 [stamen](/source/stamen)s, and 5 [staminode](/source/staminode)s sometimes with 3 lobes. The fruit is a bristly [capsule](/source/Capsule_(botany)) with five [valves](/source/Ovary_(botany)), 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](/source/Carolyn_F._Wilkins) and [Barbara Whitlock](/source/Barbara_Ann_Whitlock) in ''[Australian Systematic Botany](/source/Australian_Systematic_Botany)'' and comprises species formerly included in ''[Commersonia](/source/Commersonia)'' (22) and ''[Rulingia](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Androcalva_adenothalia)'' <small>[C.F.Wilkins](/source/C.F.Wilkins)</small> (W.A.)
*''[Androcalva aphrix](/source/Androcalva_aphrix)''<small> C.F.Wilkins</small> (W.A.)
*''[Androcalva argentea](/source/Androcalva_argentea)'' <small> ([Guymer](/source/Gordon_P._Guymer)) C.F.Wilkins & [Whitlock](/source/Barbara_Ann_Whitlock)</small> (Qld.)
*''[Androcalva beeronensis](/source/Androcalva_beeronensis)'' <small> (Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (Qld.)
*''[Androcalva bivillosa](/source/Androcalva_bivillosa)'' <small>C.F.Wilkins</small> (W.A.)
*''[Androcalva crispa](/source/Androcalva_crispa)'' <small> ([Turcz.](/source/Turcz.)) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> - crisped leaf commersonia (W.A.)
*''[Androcalva cuneata](/source/Androcalva_cuneata)'' <small> (Turcz.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (W.A.)
*''[Androcalva fragifolia](/source/Androcalva_fragifolia)'' <small>C.F.Wilkins</small> (W.A.)
*''[Androcalva fraseri](/source/Androcalva_fraseri)'' <small> ([J.Gay](/source/J.Gay)) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> - blackfellow's hemp, brush kurrajong (N.S.W., Qld.)
*''[Androcalva gaudichaudii](/source/Androcalva_gaudichaudii)''<small> (J.Gay) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (W.A.)
*''[Androcalva incilis](/source/Androcalva_incilis)''<small> C.F.Wilkins</small> (W.A.)
*''[Androcalva inglewoodensis](/source/Androcalva_inglewoodensis)'' <small> (Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (Qld.)
*''[Androcalva johnsonii](/source/Androcalva_johnsonii)'' <small> (Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (Qld.)
*''[Androcalva lachna](/source/Androcalva_lachna)'' <small>C.F.Wilkins</small> (W.A.)
*''[Androcalva leichhardtii](/source/Androcalva_leichhardtii)'' <small> ([Benth.](/source/Benth.)) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (Qld.)
*''[Androcalva leiperi](/source/Androcalva_leiperi)'' <small> (Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (Qld.)
*''[Androcalva loxophylla](/source/Androcalva_loxophylla)''  <small>([F.Muell.](/source/F.Muell.)) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (W.A., N.T., S.A., Qld.)
*''[Androcalva luteiflora](/source/Androcalva_luteiflora)'' <small> ([E.Pritz.](/source/E.Pritz.)) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (W.A., N.T.)
*''[Androcalva melanopetala](/source/Androcalva_melanopetala)'' <small>(F.Muell.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (W.A.)
*''[Androcalva microphylla](/source/Androcalva_microphylla)'' <small> (Benth.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (W.A.)
*''[Androcalva multiloba](/source/Androcalva_multiloba)'' <small> (C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (S.A.)
*''[Androcalva pearnii](/source/Androcalva_pearnii)'' <small>(Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (Qld.)
*''[Androcalva pedleyi](/source/Androcalva_pedleyi)'' <small>(Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (Qld.)
*''[Androcalva perkinsiana](/source/Androcalva_perkinsiana)'' <small>(Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (Qld.)
*''[Androcalva perlaria](/source/Androcalva_perlaria)'' <small>C.F.Wilkins</small> (W.A.)
*''[Androcalva procumbens](/source/Androcalva_procumbens)'' <small>([Maiden](/source/Joseph_Maiden) & [Betche](/source/Ernst_Betche)) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (N.S.W.)
*''[Androcalva pulchella](/source/Androcalva_pulchella)'' <small>(Turcz.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (W.A.)
*''[Androcalva reticulata](/source/Androcalva_reticulata)'' <small>(Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (Qld.)
*''[Androcalva rosea](/source/Androcalva_rosea)''  <small>([S.A.J.Bell](/source/Stephen_Andrew_James_Bell) & [L.M.Copel.](/source/L.M.Copel.)) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (N.S.W.)
*''[Androcalva rossii](/source/Androcalva_rossii)'' <small>(Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> - blackfellow's hemp (N.S.W., Vic.)
*''[Androcalva stowardii](/source/Androcalva_stowardii)'' <small> ([S.Moore](/source/S.Moore)) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (W.A.)
*''[Androcalva tatei](/source/Androcalva_tatei)''  <small>(F.Muell. ex [Tate](/source/Ralph_Tate)) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> - trailing commersonia (S.A., Vic.)
*''[Androcalva viscidula](/source/Androcalva_viscidula)'' <small> (Guymer) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock</small> (Qld., N.S.W.)

==References==
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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

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