Philotheca thryptomenoides
| Philotheca thryptomenoides | |
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| Near Beacon | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Philotheca |
| Species: | P. thryptomenoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Philotheca thryptomenoides | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Philotheca thryptomenoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small undershrub with oval to club-shaped leaves and white flowers with a broad, reddish-brown stripe, arranged singly on the ends of branchlets.
Description
[edit]Philotheca thryptomenoides is an undershrub that typically grows to a height of about 50 cm (20 in) and has smooth, dark-coloured to black branchlets. The leaves are oval to club-shaped, 1.5–3 mm (0.059–0.118 in) long and flat on the upper surface. The flowers are arranged singly on the ends of branchlets and are sessile or on a pedicel up to 2 mm (0.079 in) long. The five sepals are egg-shaped, 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long, and the five petals are narrowly egg-shaped, white with a central reddish-brown stripe and about 6 mm (0.24 in) long. The ten stamens are free from each other and densely hairy. Flowering occurs from July to September and the fruit is 1.5–2 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was first described in 1920 by Spencer Le Marchant Moore who gave it the name Erisotemon thryptomenoides in the Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany.[5][6] In 1998, Paul Wilson changed the name to Philotheca thryptomenoides in the journal Nuytsia.[7][8]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]This philotheca grows in shrubland on heavy soil in the Merredin-Wubin area in the south-west of Western Australia.[3]
Conservation status
[edit]Philotheca thryptomenoides is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Philotheca thryptomenoides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- 1 2 "Philotheca thryptomenoides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- 1 2 Wilson, Paul G. (2013). Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.). Flora of Australia (Volume 26). Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. p. 387. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ↑ Wilson, Paul G. (1970). "A taxonomic revision of the genera Crowea, Eriostemon and Phebalium (Rutaceae)". Nuytsia. 1 (1): 37. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ↑ "Eriostemon thryptomenoides". APNI. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ↑ Moore, Spencer Le Marchant (1920). "A contribution to the Flora of Australia". Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany. 45: 166. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ↑ "Philotheca thryptomenoides". APNI. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ↑ Wilson, Paul G. (1998). "A Taxonomic Review of the genera Eriostemon and Philotheca". Nuytsia. 12 (2): 255. Retrieved 14 August 2020.