TFL Quiz by David Keane

1. Who was the first person to officially collect and record South Australia’s floral emblem?

2. Which environmental organisation began in 1981 inspired by the ‘Men of the Trees”?

3. Which genus of plants, having phyllodes, has its name derived from a plant first found in Egypt?

4. Which gum tree takes its specific epithet from the camaldoli monastery near Naples?

5. Living to the age of 96, which local botanist had the Christian names John McConnell?

6. Which composite weed has a common name that is latinised to mean ‘osteospermum’?

7. What part of a flower is found in a light globe?

8. With which former Formula One racing driver could you associate the genus Cassia?

9. Which Acacia species is also an Adelaide suburb?

10. In the genus Leucopogon, what is a pogon?

ANSWERS

1. William Dampier, 2. Trees for Life, 3. Acacia,
2. River red gum (E. camaldulensis), 5. JM Black (Black’s Flora), 6. Boneseed, 7. Filament, 8. Senna,
3. Blackwood, 10. a Beard