Minuria cunninghamii
| Bush minuria | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Minuria |
| Species: | M. cunninghamii |
| Binomial name | |
| Minuria cunninghamii | |
Minuria cunninghamii commonly known as bush minuria,[2] is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and grows on mainland Australia. It is a perennial shrub with white daisy-like flowers and a yellow centre.
Description
[edit]Minuria cunninghamii is a perennial, spreading shrub to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) high, thin stems mostly smooth or with occasional simple hairs and woody at the base. Leaves are usually alternate, dark green, narrowly lance-shaped, 4 cm (1.6 in) long and 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) wide. The solitary daisy-like flowers may be white, pink or mauve with a yellow centre and borne at the end of stems, inner bracts narrow lance-shaped, 2–8 mm (0.079–0.315 in) long, 0.5–0.8 mm (0.020–0.031 in) wide, outer bracts shorter, sometimes with sparse hairs and pointed. Flowering occurs from late summer to spring and the fruit is dry, one-seeded and bristly.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
[edit]This species was first described in 1836 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle who gave it the name Edlachothamnos cunninghamii and the description published in Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.[4][5] In 1867 George Bentham changed the name to Minuria cunninghamii and published the change in Flora Australiensis.[6][7] The specific epithet (cunninghamii) is in honour of Allan Cunningham.[8]
Distribuition and habitat
[edit]Bush minuria grows on sandy and clay soils, flood plains, sand dunes and shrubland in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory.[2][9]
References
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- ↑ "Minuria cunninghamii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
- 1 2 3 "Minuria cunninghamii". VICFLORA-Flora of Victoria. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
- ↑ Kutsche, Frank; Lay, Brendan; Croft, Tim; Kellermann, Jurgen (2013). Plants of Outback South Australia. Adelaide: State Herbarium of South Australia. p. 113. ISBN 9781922027603.
- ↑ "Minuria cunninghamii". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ↑ de Candolle, Augustin (1836). Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (5 ed.). Paris. p. 398.
- ↑ "Minuria cunninghamii". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ↑ Bentham, George (1867). Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegitabilis (3 ed.). London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 498.
- ↑ George, A.S; Sharr, F.A (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and their meanings (4th ed.). Kardinya: Four Gables. p. 179. ISBN 9780958034197.
- ↑ Spooner, Amanda. "Minuria cunninghamii". Florabase-the Western Australian flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
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