Andersonia axilliflora

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Andersonia axilliflora
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Status DECF R.svg
Declared rare  (DEC)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Andersonia
Species:
A. axilliflora
Binomial name
Andersonia axilliflora

Andersonia axilliflora, commonly known as giant andersonia, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to southern Western Australia. It is an erect, rigid shrub with glabrous, lance-shaped leaves and creamy-white flowers.

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Description

Andersonia axilliflora is an erect, rigid, robust shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.6–2 m (2 ft 0 in – 6 ft 7 in) and often higher. Its leaves are lance-shaped, 20–55 mm (0.79–2.17 in) long and 8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in) wide, sometimes wavy and twisted. The flowers are borne on the ends of branches with often more than 30 flowers with lance-shaped bracts and bracteoles often as long as the sepals. The sepals are up to 12 mm (0.47 in) long and creamy-white. The petals are slightly shorter than the sepals, creamy-white, with lobes about twice as long as the petal tube. The stamens are three-quarters as long as the petals with anthers about 6 mm (0.24 in) long. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

This species was first formally described in 1859 by Sergei Sergeyevich Sheglejev who gave it the name Sphincterostoma axilliflorum in the Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou from specimens collected by James Drummond. [4] [5] In 1917, George Claridge Druce transferred the species to Andersonia as A. axilliflora in The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916. [6] The specific epithet (axilliflora) means 'axil-flowered'. [7]

Distribution and habitat

Giant andersonia grows on rocky slopes or outcrops at higher altitudes in the Stirling Range in the Esperance Plains bioregion of southern Western Australia. [2] [3]

Conservation status

Andersonia axilliflora is listed as "Threatened Flora (Declared Rare Flora — Extant)" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions meaning that it is in danger of extinction. [2] [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Andersonia axilliflora". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Andersonia axilliflora". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. 1 2 Watson, Leslie (1962). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Andersonia R.Br. (Epacridaceae)". Kew Bulletin. 16 (1): 121–122. doi:10.2307/4120354 . Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "Sphincterostoma axilliflorum". APNI. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  5. ↑ Sheglejev, Sergei S. (2 October 2024). "Epacridearum Novarum". Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 32: 22–23. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "Andersonia axilliflora". APNI. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  7. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 141. ISBN   9780958034180.
  8. ↑ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
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