Billardiera

Billardiera
Billardiera scandens,
fruit - Lawson, NSW
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Pittosporaceae
Genus: Billardiera
Sm.
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Billarderia Spreng. orth. var.
  • Billardiera sect. Billardieriopsis Pax
  • Billardiera sect. Eubillardiera Pax nom. inval.
  • Billardiera ser. Uniloculares E.M.Benn.
  • Billardierea T.Post & Kuntze orth. var.
  • Labillardiera Schult. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
  • Pronaya Hügel ex Endl.
  • Sollya Lindl.

Billardiera, commonly known as appleberries, snot berries, or bluebell creepers, is a genus of flowering plants in the family, Pittosporaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Billardiera are woody scramblers, climbers or twiners with elliptic, lance-shaped or linear leaves arranged alternately along the stems, the flowers with petals that are joined to form a tube at the base with spreading lobes, and succulent or fleshy fruit.

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