Bossiaea praetermissa

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Bossiaea praetermissa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Bossiaea
Species:
B. praetermissa
Binomial name
Bossiaea praetermissa

Bossiaea praetermissa is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to near-coastal areas in the far south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with many flattened, winged cladodes and deep yellow and reddish or maroon flowers.

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Description

Bossiaea praetermissa is a low, spreading or prostrate shrub that typically grows up to a height of 1 m (3 ft 3 in) when supported by other plants, and has many flattened, winged, cladodes up to 7 mm (0.28 in) wide. The leaves, when present, are round to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 6–18 mm (0.24–0.71 in) long and 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) wide with narrow triangular stipules 0.7–2.5 mm (0.028–0.098 in) long. The flowers are arranged singly or in pairs in nodes along the cladodes, each flower on a hairy pedicel 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) long. The bracts are egg-shaped or oblong 0.7–1.5 mm (0.028–0.059 in) long at the base of the flowers and there are oblong bracteoles 0.6–1.7 mm (0.024–0.067 in) long on the pedicels. The five sepals are hairy and joined at the base, forming a tube 2.7–3.5 mm (0.11–0.14 in) long, the two upper lobes 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long and the lower lobes 1.1–1.5 mm (0.043–0.059 in) long. The standard petal is deep yellow with a red base and 7.5–9.5 mm (0.30–0.37 in) long, the wings 6.5–8.3 mm (0.26–0.33 in) long, and the keel is red or maroon and 6.4–7.5 mm (0.25–0.30 in) long. Flowering occurs from September to November. [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy and naming

Bossiaea praetermissa was first formally described in 1994 by James Henderson Ross in the journal Muelleria from specimens collected by Margaret Corrick near Middleton Beach area in 1985. [3] [5] The specific epithet (praetermissa) means "overlooked" or "neglected", [6] because the species seems to have been overlooked since first collected in 1838. [3]

Distribution and habitat

This bossiaea usually grows in sandy soil in coastal heath and is found from near Yallingup to Mount Arid in Cape Arid National Park. [2] [3]

Conservation status

Bossiaea praetermissa is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. [2]

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References

  1. "Bossiaea praetermissa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bossiaea praetermissa". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Ross, James H. (1994). "Notes on Western Australian Bossiaea species (Fabaceae)". Muelleria. 8 (2): 216–218. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  4. Ross, James H. (2006). "A conspectus of the Western Australian Bossiaea species (Bossiaeeae: Fabaceae). Muelleria 23:". Muelleria. 11: 110–115. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  5. "Bossiaea praetermissa". APNI. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 283. ISBN   9780958034180.