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Leptosema
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Leptosema

Leptosema

Leptosema is a genus of thirteen species of flowering plants from the legume family Fabaceae, all endemic to Australia. They are shrubs with photosynthetic stems, the leaves reduced to scales, mostly red or green flowers arranged singly or in small groups, each with a reduced standard petal and usually ten stamens.

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13 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Leptosema aphyllum

speciesLeptosema aphyllum

upside-down plant

speciesLeptosema chambersii

Leptosema daviesioides

speciesLeptosema daviesioides

Leptosema oxylobioides

speciesLeptosema oxylobioides

Leptosema macrocarpum

speciesLeptosema macrocarpum

Leptosema tomentosum

speciesLeptosema tomentosum

Leptosema chapmanii

speciesLeptosema chapmanii

Leptosema anomalum

speciesLeptosema anomalum

Leptosema cervicorne

speciesLeptosema cervicorne

Leptosema uniflorum

speciesLeptosema uniflorum

Leptosema aculeatum

speciesLeptosema aculeatum

Leptosema villosum

speciesLeptosema villosum

Leptosema bossiaeoides

speciesLeptosema bossiaeoides

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 626654.