Citation: Briq., Natürl. Pflanzenfam. edn 1, 4, 3a:161 (1895).

Derivation: Probably from the Greek spartos, cord and thamnos, bush. It is possible that the name alludes to the plant's similarity to the Spanish broom, or Greek spartos; so named because it was used for cord making.

Synonymy: Spartothamus Cunn. ex Walp. (1847) Rep. Bot. Syst. 6:694, non Presl (1844).

Common name: None

Description:
Pubescent to glabrescent shrubs; stem 4-angled, solid, woody; leaves decussate, sessile, exstipulate, simple.

Flowers 1-3 in a short axillary cyme, bracteate, zygomorphic; calyx of 5 fused sepals, persistent, deeply 5-lobed, spreading under the fruit; corolla of 5 fused petals, caducous, 2-lipped or unequally 5-lobed above, tubular below, middle lobe largest; tube villous inside; stamens 4, epipetalous, exserted; 2 anterior anthers longest; anthers dorsifixed, 2-lobed, 1-chambered by confluence of lobes; lobes free and divergent in the lower half, rounded below; ovary 4-celled, with 1 axile ovule in each cell; style exserted, 2-lobed.

Fruit a globular succulent drupe, with an endocarp separating into 4 1-seeded fruitlets.

Distribution:  About 3 species, all endemic to Australia (Munir (1976) J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 1:3-25).

Biology: No text

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