Emblingia is a monospecific plant genus containing the species Emblingia calceoliflora, a herbaceous prostrate subshrub endemic to Western Australia. It has no close relatives, and is now generally placed alone in family Emblingiaceae.
Description
It is a perennial, herbaceous prostrate subshrub, with simple petiolate leaves with "cartilaginous" (hard and tough, resembling cartilage) margins. The irregular, solitary flowers are white, cream, yellow, green or, pink, and occur from August to November. It has a non-fleshy fruit.[1][2][3][4]
↑Watson, L.; M. J. Dallwitz (1992). "Emblingiaceae". The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval. Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
↑"Emblingia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
↑Hall, Jocelyn C.; Hugh H. Iltis & Kenneth J. Sytsma (2004). "Molecular phylogenetics of core Brassicales, placement of orphan genera Emblingia, Forchhammeria, Tirania, and character evolution". Systematic Botany. 29 (3): 654–669. doi:10.1600/0363644041744491. S2CID86218316.
