{{Short description|Genus of shrubs}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Phebalium canaliculatum (8691863137).jpg | image_caption = ''Phebalium canaliculatum'' | taxon = Phebalium | authority = Vent.<ref name="APC">{{cite web |title=''Phebalium'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/80710|publisher=Australian Plant Census |access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref> |synonyms_ref = <ref name="APC" /> |synonyms = * ''Crowea'' sect. ''Phebalium'' <small>(Vent.) Baill.</small> * ''Eriostemon'' sect. ''Phebalium'' <small>(Vent.) F.Muell.</small> * ''Phebalium'' sect. ''Euphebalium'' <small>Benth. nom. inval.</small> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }} [[File:Phebalium daviesii.jpg|thumb|''Phebalium daviesii'']] [[File:Phebalium nottii.jpg|thumb|''Phebalium nottii'']] [[File:Phebalium stenophyllum.jpg|thumb|''Phebalium stenophyllum'']] [[File:Phebalium woombye.jpg|thumb|''Phebalium woombye'']]
'''''Phebalium''''' is a genus of thirty species of shrubs or small trees in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to Australia. The leaves are arranged alternately, simple and often warty, the flowers arranged singly or in umbels on the ends of branchlets or in leaf axils, usually with five sepals, five petals and ten stamens. There are about thirty species and they are found in all Australian states but not in the Northern Territory.
==Description== Plants in the genus ''Phebalium'' are shrubs or small trees that are often more or less covered with scales or shield-shaped or star-shaped hairs, at least when young. The leaves are arranged alternately along the stems, and are simple, sometimes with toothed edges. The flowers are bisexual and have five sepals, five petals and ten stamens. The sepals are fused at the base, usually with five lobes, and the stamens are free from each other. There are five carpels with the styles fused and the stigma is similar to the rest of the style. The fruit is a follicle and the seeds are released explosively.<ref name=NSW>{{cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Phebalium |title=Genus ''Phebalium'' |access-date=2009-07-04 |author=|work= PlantNET — New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia}}</ref><ref name="RBGV">{{cite web |last1=Duretto |first1=Marco |title=''Phebalium'' |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/fd5c0005-997f-48d2-884f-caeaff3e1c83 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Victoria |access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="FloraBase">{{cite web |title=''Phebalium'' Vent. |url=https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/21652 |publisher=Western Australian Herbarium |access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="Paul G.Wilson">{{cite journal |last1=Wilson |first1=Paul G. |title=New species and nomenclatural changes in Phebalium and related genera (Rutaceae) |journal=Nuytsia |date=1998 |volume=12 |issue=2 |page=280 |doi=10.58828/nuy00301 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/226456#page/125/mode/1up |access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref>
==Taxonomy== The genus ''Phebalium'' was first formally described in 1805 by Étienne Pierre Ventenat in his book ''Jardin de la Malmaison''.<ref name=APNI>{{cite web|title=''Phebalium''|url=https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/496780|publisher=APNI|access-date=14 June 2017}}</ref> The first species described was ''Phebalium squamulosum''.<ref name="Vent.">{{cite book |last1=Ventenat |first1=Étienne Pierre |title=Jardin de la Malmaison (Volume 2) |date=1805 |publisher=De l'imprimerie de Crapelet, et se trouve chez l'auteur |location=Paris |page=102 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/141244#page/177/mode/1up |access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref>
===Species list=== The following is a list of species and subspecies recognised by the Australian Plant Census as at June 2020:<ref name="APC1">{{cite web |title=''Phebalium'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search?product=APC&tree.id=51209179&name=Phebalium&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&inc._cultivar=&max=100&display=apc&search=true|website=Australian Plant Census |access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=35em}} *''Phebalium appressum'' <small>Paul G.Wilson</small> (W.A.) *''Phebalium bifidum'' <small>P.H.Weston & M.Turton</small> (N.S.W.) *''Phebalium brachycalyx'' <small>Paul G.Wilson</small> (W.A.) *''Phebalium brevifolium'' <small>Paul G.Wilson</small> (W.A.) *''Phebalium bullatum'' <small>J.M.Black</small> — silvery phebalium or desert phebalium (S.A., Vic.) *''Phebalium canaliculatum'' <small>(F.Muell. & Tate) J.H.Willis</small> (W.A.) *''Phebalium clavatum'' <small>C.A.Gardner</small> (W.A.) *''Phebalium daviesii'' <small>Hook.f.</small> — St Helens wax flower (Tas.) *''Phebalium distans'' <small>P.I.Forst.</small> (Qld.) *''Phebalium drummondii'' <small>Benth.</small> (W.A.) *''Phebalium elegans'' <small>Paul G.Wilson</small> (W.A.) *''Phebalium festivum'' <small>Paul G.Wilson</small> (Vic.) *''Phebalium filifolium'' <small>Turcz.</small> — slender phebalium (W.A.) *''Phebalium glandulosum'' <small>Hook.</small> — glandular phebalium or desert phebalium **''Phebalium glandulosum'' subsp. ''angustifolium'' <small>Paul G.Wilson</small> (N.S.W.) **''Phebalium glandulosum'' subsp. ''eglandulosum'' <small>(Blakely) Paul G.Wilson</small> (Qld., N.S.W.) **''Phebalium glandulosum'' <small>Hook.</small> subsp. ''glandulosum'' (S.A., Qld., N.S.W.) **''Phebalium glandulosum'' subsp. ''macrocalyx'' <small>R.L.Giles</small> (Vic.) **''Phebalium glandulosum'' subsp. ''nitidum'' <small>Paul G.Wilson</small> (N.S.W.) **''Phebalium glandulosum'' subsp. ''riparium'' <small>R.L.Giles</small> (Vic.) *''Phebalium laevigatum'' <small>Paul G.Wilson</small> (W.A.) *''Phebalium lepidotum'' <small>(Turcz.) Paul G.Wilson</small> (W.A.) *''Phebalium longifolium'' <small>S.T.Blake</small> (Qld.) *''Phebalium lowanense'' <small>J.H.Willis</small> (S.A., Vic.) *''Phebalium megaphyllum'' <small>(Ewart) Paul G.Wilson</small> (W.A.) *''Phebalium microphyllum'' <small>Turcz.</small> (W.A.) *''Phebalium nottii'' <small>(F.Muell.) Maiden & Betche</small> — pink phebalium (Qld., N.S.W.) *''Phebalium obcordatum'' <small>Benth.</small> — club-leaved phebalium (N.S.W.) *''Phebalium obovatum'' <small>(Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson</small> (W.A.) *''Phebalium speciosum'' <small>I.Telford</small> (N.S.W.) *''Phebalium squamulosum'' <small>Vent.</small> — forest phebalium, scaly phebalium **''Phebalium squamulosum'' subsp. ''alpinum''<small> (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson</small> (N.S.W., Vic.) **''Phebalium squamulosum'' subsp. ''argenteum'' <small>Paul G.Wilson</small> (N.S.W., Vic.) **''Phebalium squamulosum'' subsp. ''coriaceum'' <small>Paul G.Wilson</small> (N.S.W.) **''Phebalium squamulosum'' subsp. ''gracile'' <small>Paul G.Wilson</small> (Qld., N.S.W.) **''Phebalium squamulosum'' subsp. ''lineare'' <small>Paul G.Wilson</small> (N.S.W.) **''Phebalium squamulosum'' subsp. ''ozothamnoides'' <small>(F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson</small> (N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic.) **''Phebalium squamulosum'' subsp. ''parvifolium'' <small>Paul G.Wilson</small> (N.S.W.) **''Phebalium squamulosum'' <small>Vent.</small> subsp. ''squamulosum'' <small>R.L.Giles</small> (S.A., Qld., N.S.W., Vic.) *''Phebalium stenophyllum'' <small>(Benth.) Maiden & Betche</small> — narrow-leaved phebalium (S.A., N.S.W., Vic.) *''Phebalium tuberculosum'' <small>(F.Muell.) Benth.</small> (W.A.) *''Phebalium verrucosum'' <small>(Paul G.Wilson) I.Telford & J.J.Bruhl</small> (N.S.W.) *''Phebalium whitei'' <small>Paul G.Wilson</small> (Qld.) *''Phebalium woombye'' <small>(F.M.Bailey) Domin</small> (Qld., N.S.W.) {{div col end}}
==Distribution== Species of ''Phebalium'' occur in all Australian states, but not in the Northern Territory.<ref name="NSW" />
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Category:Phebalium Category:Zanthoxyloideae genera Category:Taxa named by Étienne Pierre Ventenat