Andersonia lehmanniana

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Andersonia lehmanniana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Andersonia
Species:
A. lehmanniana
Binomial name
Andersonia lehmanniana
Synonyms [1]
  • Andersonia sprengelioides var. lehmanniana(Sond.) Diels & E.Pritz.
  • Andersonia sprengelioidesauct. non R.Br.: Bentham, G.

Andersonia lehmanniana is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with pointed lance-shaped leaves and white, cream-coloured or pink and blue or purple flowers.

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Description

Andersonia lehmanniana is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 15–60 cm (5.9–23.6 in). Its leaves are lance-shaped with a pointed tip, 1–10 mm (0.039–0.394 in) long with the ends curved backwards. The flowers are arranged in heads of three to twelve or more, and have oblong sepals 5–9 mm (0.20–0.35 in) long, the petals white, cream-coloured or pink and blue or purple, forming a tube with lobes shorter than the petal tube and bearded inside. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Andersonia lehmanniana was first formally described in 1845 by Otto Wilhelm Sonder in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae from specimens collected near Guildford in 1839. [2] [4] [5] The specific epithet (lehmanniana) honours Johann Georg Christian Lehmann. [6]

In 1962, Leslie Watson described subspecies pubescens (previously known as Andersonia pubescensSond.), and that name, and the name of the autonym, are accepted by the Australian Plant Census.

Distribution and habitat

This species of Andersonia grows in sandy soils on sandplains or hills between Geraldton and Hopetoun in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australiai. [2] [3] Subspecies lehmanniana occurs in near-coastal areas [10] and subsp. pubescens in more inland areas of the same regions. [10]

Conservation status

Both subspecies of Andersonia lehmanniana are listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. [8] [10]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Watson, Leslie (1962). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Andersonia R.Br. (Epacridaceae)". Kew Bulletin. 16 (1): 117–119. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
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  4. "Andersonia lehmanniana". APNI. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  5. Sonder, Otto Wilhelm (1845). Lehmann, Johann G.C. (ed.). Plantae Preissianae. Hamburg: Sumptibus Meissneri. pp. 330–331. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 237. ISBN   9780958034180.
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  8. 1 2 "Andersonia lehmanniana subsp. lehmanniana". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  9. "Andersonia lehmanniana subsp. pubescens". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Andersonia lehmanniana subsp. pubescens". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.