Citation: R. Br., in Sturt, Exped. Centr. Aust., Bot. App. 81 (1849).

Derivation: After F. W. L. Leichhardt, 1813-48, explorer and botanist in Australia from 1842.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Shrubs twining; leaves narrow-linear, opposite and sometimes decussate, petiolate or sessile.

Inflorescence pedunculate, umbellate, with short pedicels; corolla lobes obtuse; corona adnate to the stamens, with 5 fleshy lobes below; stigmatic head conical, obtuse; pollen masses oblong, erect.

follicles usually 1 per umbel; seeds comose.

Distribution:  About 5 species in Australia and New Caledonia.

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: Brown also spelt the name Leichardtia.

Author: Not yet available