They are small shrubs, with pinnate leaves and bright yellow inflorescences.
Taxonomy
The name was first published in 1810, devised by Robert Brown from the Greek for union or connection, describing an anomaly in the structure of the flower.
Species
56 species are recognised:
Synaphea acutiloba Meisn. - Granite Synaphea
Synaphea aephynsa A.S.George
Synaphea bifurcata A.S.George
Synaphea boyaginensis A.S.George
Synaphea brachyceras R.Butcher
Synaphea canaliculata A.S.George
Synaphea cervifolia A.S.George
Synaphea constricta A.S.George
Synaphea cuneata A.S.George
Synaphea damopsis A.S.George
Synaphea decorticans Lindl.
Synaphea decumbens A.S.George
Synaphea diabolica R.Butcher
Synaphea divaricata (Benth.) A.S.George
Synaphea drummondii Meisn.
Synaphea endothrix A.S.George
Synaphea favosa R.Br.
Synaphea flabelliformis A.S.George
Synaphea flexuosa A.S.George
Synaphea floribunda A.S.George
Synaphea gracillima Lindl.
Synaphea grandis A.S.George
Synaphea hians A.S.George
Synaphea incurva A.S.George
Synaphea interioris A.S.George
Synaphea intricata A.S.George
Synaphea lesueurensis A.S.George
Synaphea macrophylla A.S.George
Synaphea media A.S.George
Synaphea nexosa A.S.George
Synaphea obtusata (Meisn.) A.S.George
Synaphea odocoileops A.S.George
Synaphea oligantha A.S.George
Synaphea otiostigma A.S.George
Synaphea oulopha A.S.George
Synaphea pandurata R.Butcher
Synaphea panhesya A.S.George
Synaphea parviflora A.S.George
Synaphea petiolaris R.Br. - Synaphea
Synaphea pinnata Lindl. - Helena Synaphea
Synaphea platyphylla A.S.George
Synaphea polymorpha R.Br. - Albany Synaphea
Synaphea polypodioides R.Butcher
Synaphea preissii Meisn.
Synaphea quartzitica A.S.George
Synaphea rangiferops A.S.George
Synaphea recurva A.S.George
Synaphea reticulata (Sm.) Druce
Synaphea sparsiflora A.S.George
Synaphea spinulosa (Burm.f.) Merr.
Synaphea stenoloba A.S.George
Synaphea tamminensis A.S.George
Synaphea trinacriformis R.Butcher
Synaphea tripartita A.S.George
Synaphea whicherensis A.S.George
Synaphea xela R.Butcher
Distribution and habitat
The genus is endemic to Western Australia. It is widespread in the Southwest Botanic Province, and almost never found outside it.
