Blennospora is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. There are three species, all endemic to Australia.[3] The genus was first described by Asa Gray in 1851,[1][2] with the generic name from the Greek, βλέννη (mucus), and σπόρων (seed)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Gnaphalieae |
| Genus: | Blennospora A.Gray |
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| Blennospora drummondii | |
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"allud(ing) to the cellular pellicle of the achaenium becoming gelatinous when moistened, as in Cephalosoriis phyllocepkalus, but even more strikingly. This pellicle consists of a close coating of linear or subclavate diaphanous cells, compactly arranged with their long diameter perpendicular to the smooth brown pericarp: on the application of water it promptly swells into a mass of transparent jelly, very much thicker than the enclosed achsenium. The gorged mucous cells remain unbroken for a considerable time, and their extremely delicate walls show no markings, nor any contained coiled bands or fibres."[4]
Species:[3]
- Blennospora doliiformis (Western Australia)
- Blennospora drummondii (Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria)
- Blennospora phlegmatocarpa (Western Australia)
References edit
- ^ a b "Blennospora A.Gray". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ a b Gray, A. (1851). Hooker, W.J. (ed.). "Characters of some Gnaphaloid Comppositae". Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany. 3: 98.
- ^ a b Keighery, G. J. (2002). A new species of Blennospora (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) from the Swan and Scott coastal plains of Western Australia. Nuytsia 15(1), 33-36.
- ^ Gray, A. (1851). Hooker, W.J. (ed.). "Characters of some Gnaphaloid Comppositae". Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany. 3: 172.
External links edit
- Blennospora species profiles. FloraBase. Western Australian Herbarium.