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{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}
{{About|the legume genus|the suburb of Perth|Hovea, Western Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Hovea acanthoclada.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Hovea acanthoclada]]''
| taxon = Hovea
| authority = [[R.Br.]]<ref name=APC>{{cite web|title=''Hovea''|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/69207|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision = See text.
| synonyms_ref = <ref name= "APC" />
| synonyms =
* ''Phusicarpos'' <small>[[Poir.]]</small>
* ''Plagiolobium'' <small>Sweet</small>
* ''Platychilum'' <small>Laun.</small>
* ''Poiretia'' <small>[[Sm.]] [[nom. illeg.]], [[nom. rej.]]</small>
| range_map = Hovea Distribution Map.svg
| range_map_caption = Range of ''Hovea''<ref name="Thompson">{{cite journal |vauthors=Thompson IR, Ladiges PY, Ross JH | year = 2001 | title = Phylogenetic studies of the tribe Brongniartieae (Fabaceae) using nuclear DNA (ITS-1) and morphological data | journal = [[Systematic Botany|Syst Bot]] | volume = 26 | issue = 3 | pages = 557–570  | jstor = 3093981 | doi=10.1043/0363-6445-26.3.557| doi-broken-date = 1 November 2024 }}</ref>
}}
[[Image:Hovea linearis.jpg|thumb|''[[Hovea linearis]]'']]
[[Image:Hovea pannosa.jpg|thumb|''[[Hovea pannosa]]'']]
'''''Hovea''''' is a genus of about forty species of flowering plants in the family [[Fabaceae]], and is [[endemic]] to Australia. Plants in this genus are sub-shrubs, shrubs or small trees with simple leaves and purple, blue or mauve flowers with a white centre. The fruit is a [[Pod (fruit)|pod]] containing brown to blackish seeds. Species of ''Hovea'' occur in all Australian states, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
==Description==
Plants in the genus ''Hovea'' are sub-shrubs, shrubs or sometimes small trees. The leaves are arranged alternately and are [[Leaf#Divisions of the blade|simple]], usually with [[stipule]]s at the base and sometimes with prickly edges. The flowers are arranged in leaf axils with [[bract]]s, and two [[Bract#Bracteole|bracteoles]] at the base of the [[sepal]]s. The upper two sepal lobes are usually joined to form a broad "lip". The petals are purple, blue or mauve, rarely white, and the [[Papilionaceous flower#Corolla|standard petal]] is circular to [[wikt:oblate#Adjective|oblate]], longer than the [[Papilionaceous flower#Corolla|wings]] and [[Papilionaceous flower#Corolla|keel]]. The ten [[stamen]]s are joined into a sheath open on the upper side, and differ in length. There are usually only two [[ovule]]s in the [[Ovary (botany)|ovary]] and the fruit is a spherical to oval pod. The seeds are usually {{cvt|4–6|mm}} long and brown to black with an [[aril]].<ref name="RBGS">{{cite web |title=Genus ''Hovea'' |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&showsyn=&dist=&constat=&lvl=gn&name=Hovea |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref><ref name=FloraBase>{{FloraBase|name=''Hovea'' Sm. |id=21576}}</ref><ref name="efloraSA">{{cite web |title=''Hovea'' |url=http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Hovea |publisher=State Herbarium of South Australia |access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="RBGV">{{cite web |last1=Ross |first1=James H. |title=''Hovea'' |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/c81a1511-0523-4a40-bfca-ac2de6301d29 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref>
==Taxonomy==
The genus ''Hovea'' was first formally described in 1812 by [[Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)|Robert Brown]] in [[William Aiton|Aiton's]] ''[[Hortus Kewensis]]'', and the first species he described were ''[[Hovea linearis|H. linearis]]'' and ''[[Hovea longifolia|H. longifolia]].''<ref name="APNI">{{cite web |title=''Hovea'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/s.ervices/rest/instance/apni/478774 |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |accessdate=27 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="R.Br.">{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Robert |editor-last1=Aiton |editor-first1=William |title=Hortus Kewensis |volume=4 |date=1812 |publisher=Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown |location=London |page=275 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/185200#page/285/mode/1up |access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref> The genus name honours the Polish botanist and plant collector, [[Anton Pantaleon Hove]].<ref name="Sharr">{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=86 |edition=3rd}}</ref>
==Distribution==
Species of ''Hovea'' occur in all states and mainland territories of Australia.<ref name="RBGS" /><ref name="FloraBase" /><ref name="efloraSA" /><ref name="RBGV" /><ref name="efloraNT">{{cite web |title=''Hovea'' |url=http://eflora.nt.gov.au/factsheetGenus?id=2301 |publisher=Northern Territory Government |access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref>
==Species list==
The following is a list of species of ''Hovea'' accepted by the [[Australian Plant Census]] as at June 2021:<ref name="APClist">{{cite web |title=''Hovea'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/taxonomy?product=APC&tree.id=51209179&name=Hovea&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&inc._cultivar=&max=1000&display=apc&search=true |publisher=Australian Plant Census |access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref>
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* ''[[Hovea acanthoclada]]'' <small>(Turcz.) F. Muell.</small> – thorny ''Hovea'' (W.A.)
* ''[[Hovea acutifolia]]'' <small>A. Cunn. ex G. Don</small> – northern ''Hovea'' (Qld., N.S.W.)
* ''[[Hovea angustissima]]'' <small>I. Thomps.</small> (Qld.)
* ''[[Hovea apiculata]]'' <small>A. Cunn. ex G. Don</small> (Qld., N.S.W.)
* ''[[Hovea arnhemica]]'' <small>J. H. Ross</small> (N.T.)
* ''[[Hovea asperifolia]]'' <small>I. Thomps.</small> (N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic.)
* ''[[Hovea chorizemifolia]]'' <small>DC.</small> – holly-leaved ''Hovea'' (W.A.)
* ''[[Hovea clavata]]'' <small>I. Thomps.</small> (Qld.)
* ''[[Hovea corrickiae]]'' <small>J. H. Ross</small> (Vic., Tas.)
* ''[[Hovea cymbiformis]]'' <small>I. Thomps.</small> (N.S.W.)
* ''[[Hovea densivellosa]]'' <small>I. Thomps.</small> (Qld.)
* ''[[Hovea elliptica]]'' <small>(Sm.) DC.</small> – tree ''Hovea'' (W.A.)
* ''[[Hovea graniticola]]'' <small>I. Thomps.</small> (N.S.W., Qld.)
* ''[[Hovea heterophylla]]'' <small>A. Cunn. ex Hook. f.</small> (Qld., N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.)
* ''[[Hovea impressinerva]]'' <small>I. Thomps.</small> (Qld., N.S.W.)
* ''[[Hovea lanceolata]]'' <small>Sims</small> (Qld., N.S.W.)
* ''[[Hovea linearis]]'' <small>(Sm.) R. Br.</small> – common ''Hovea'' (S.A., Qld., N.S.W.)
* ''[[Hovea longifolia]]'' <small>R. Br.</small> – rusty pods, long-leaf ''Hovea'' (N.S.W.)
* ''[[Hovea longipes]]'' <small>Benth.</small> (Qld., N.S.W.)
* ''[[Hovea lorata]]'' <small>I. Thomps.</small> (Qld., N.S.W.)
* ''[[Hovea magnibractea]]'' <small>I. Thomps.</small> (Vic., Tas.)
* ''[[Hovea montana]]'' <small>(Hook. F.) J. H. Ross</small> – mountain ''Hovea'', alpine rusty-pods, alpine ''Hovea'' (N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.)
* ''[[Hovea nana]]'' <small>I. Thomps. & J. H. Ross</small> (Qld.)
* ''[[Hovea nitida]]'' <small>I. Thomps.</small> (Qld.)
* ''[[Hovea pannosa]]'' <small>A. Cunn. ex Hook. f.</small> (N.S.W., Vic.)
* ''[[Hovea parvicalyx]]'' <small>I. Thomps.</small> (Qld.)
* ''[[Hovea pedunculata]]'' <small>I. Thomps. & J. H. Ross</small> (Qld., N.S.W.)
* ''[[Hovea planifolia]]'' <small>(Domin) J. H. Ross</small> (Qld.)
* ''[[Hovea pungens]]'' <small>Benth.</small> – devil's pins (W.A.)
* ''[[Hovea purpurea]]'' <small>Sweet</small> (S.A., N.S.W., Vic.)
* ''[[Hovea ramulosa]]'' <small>A. Cunn. ex Lindl.</small> (Qld., N.S.W.)
* ''[[Hovea rosmarinifolia]]'' <small>A. Cunn.</small> – mountain beauty (N.S.W., Vic.)
* ''[[Hovea similis]]'' <small>I. Thomps.</small> (Qld., N.S.W.)
* ''[[Hovea speciosa]]'' <small>I. Thomps.</small> (N.S.W.)
* ''[[Hovea stricta]]'' <small>Meissner</small> (W.A.)
* ''[[Hovea tasmanica]]'' <small>I. Thomps. & J. H. Ross</small> (Tas.)
* ''[[Hovea tholiformis]]'' <small>I. Thomps.</small> (Qld.)
* ''[[Hovea trisperma]]'' <small>Benth.</small> – common ''Hovea'' (W.A.)
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==References==
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[[Category:Hovea| ]]
[[Category:Fabaceae genera]]
[[Category:Fabales of Australia]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)]]
[[Category:Endemic flora of Australia]]