Diplolaena drummondii
| Diplolaena drummondii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Diplolaena |
| Species: | D. drummondii
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| Binomial name | |
| Diplolaena drummondii | |
Diplolaena drummondii is an endemic Australian flowering plant in the family Rutaceae. It is only found in Western Australia. It is a small, spreading shrub with oblong to elliptic papery, thin leaves, and yellow, orange or reddish flowers which bloom between July and November.
Description
[edit]Diplolaena drummondii is a small, spreading shrub to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) high with papery, elliptic to oblong-elliptic leaves 20–50 mm (0.79–1.97 in) long, margins flat, wedge shaped at the base, rounded at the apex on a petiole 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) long. The leaf upper surface is covered sparsely with short, soft hairs, the underside sparsely to moderately covered with star-shaped hairs. The flowerheads about 15 mm (0.59 in) in diameter, the outer green to reddish brown bracts are egg-shaped to narrowly triangular, about 8 mm (0.31 in) long, covered in star-shaped, soft, short hairs. The inner bracts are about 12 mm (0.47 in) long, narrowly oblong, covered in soft, short, star-shaped hairs that taper gradually to a point. The pale red flower petals about 9 mm (0.35 in) long and covered in smooth, short, star-shaped hairs and taper to a point. The red or yellow stamens are about 25 mm (0.98 in) long, and covered with star-shaped, soft, weak hairs toward the base. The flower petals about 9 mm (0.35 in) long, light red with star-shaped, soft, smooth hairs. Flowering occurs from July to November.[2][3]
Taxonomy
[edit]Diplolaena drummondii was first formally described in 1863 by George Bentham who gave it the name Diplolaena microcephala var. drummondii in Flora Australiensis.[4][5] In 1921 Carl Hansen Ostenfeld raised the variety to species status as Diplolaena drummondii and the change was published in Contributions to West Australian Botany, part III : Additions and notes to the flora of extra-tropical W. Australia. Biologiske meddelelser, Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab.[6]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]This species grows in woodland near Mundaring and Collie in the Darling Range.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Diplolaena drummondii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ a b Wilson, Paul G. "Diplolaena drummondii". Flora of Australian online. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ Wilson, Paul G. (1999). Flora of Australia-Volume 26 Meliaceae, Rutaceae, Zygophyllaceae. Canberra/Melbourne: ABRS-Department of Environment & Heritage. p. 493. ISBN 9780643109551.
- ^ "Diplolaena microcephala var. drummondii". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ Bentham, George; Ferdinand, von Mueller (1863). Flora Australiensis. London: Lovel Reeve & Co. p. 358. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ "Diplolaena drummondii". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 9 September 2020.