Blandfordia

Taxobox
name = "Blandfordia"


image_caption = "B. grandiflora" illustrated by Edward Minchen
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Blandfordiaceae
genus = "Blandfordia"
genus_authority = Sm.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Blandfordia" is a genus of flowering plants which are native to eastern Australia. Plants in this genus are commonly referred to as Christmas Bells due to the shape of their flowers and the timing of their flowering season in Australia. "Blandfordia" is the sole genus in the family Blandfordiaceae and was named by English botanist James Edward Smith in 1804 in honour of George Spencer Churchill, the Marquis of Blandford.

There are four species as follows:

*"Blandfordia cunninghamii" Lindl.
*"Blandfordia grandiflora" R.Br.
*"Blandfordia nobilis" Sm.
*"Blandfordia punicea" (Labill.) Sweet (Tasmanian Christmas Bell)

References

*APNI | name = "Blandfordia" Sm. | id = 1334
* [http://farrer.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL12/dec98-6.html Australian Plants online: "Blandfordia" in history]