Conostylis caricina

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Conostylis caricina
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Haemodoraceae
Genus: Conostylis
Species:
C. caricina
Binomial name
Conostylis caricina
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Conostylis caricina is a flowering plant in the family Haemodoraceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like plant or herb with flat leaves and heads of 6 to 8 creamy-yellow flowers.

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Description

Conostylis caricina is a rhizomatous, tufted, grass-like plant or herb that typically grows to 5–20 cm (2.0–7.9 in) high and has short stems. The leaves are flat, 50–300 mm (2.0–11.8 in) long with fibrous margins. The flower stem is 320–500 mm (13–20 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) long. The flowers are 20–120 mm (0.79–4.72 in) long with a head of 6 to 8 flowers with a single, brown, membrane-like bract 5–30 mm (0.20–1.18 in) long. The perianth is creamy yellow, 4–15 mm (0.16–0.59 in) long with wooly hairs on the outside, with claw-like lobes 3–9 mm (0.12–0.35 in) long. The anthers are 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) long and the style 4–10 mm (0.16–0.39 in) long. Flowering occurs from July to September. [2] [3]

Taxonomy and naming

Conostylis caricina was first formally described in 1840 by John Lindley and the description was published in A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony . [4] [5] The specific epithet (caricina) means "rush-like". [6]

In 1987, Stephen Hopper described two subspecies of C. caricina in Flora of Australia, and the names are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:

Distribution and habitat

This conostylis occurs in the area between Gunyidi, Marradong and Dowerin in the Darling Range in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia. Subspecies elachys is found further east between Gunyidi, Calingiri and Goomalling in the Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest bioregions. [2] [8] [9] [11] [12]

Conservation status

Conostylis caricina is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, but supspecies elachys is classified as "Priority One", meaning that it is known from only one or a few locations that are potentially at risk. [2] [8] [9] [11] [12] [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Conostylis caricina". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Conostylis caricina". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ↑ Hopper, S.D; Purdie, R.W; George, A.S; Patrick, S.J. "Conostylis caricina". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Conostylis caricina Lindl". APNI. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  5. ↑ Lindley, John (1840). A Sketch of the Vegetatiion of the Swan River Colony. London: James Ridgway. p. xlv. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  6. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 158. ISBN   9780958034180.
  7. ↑ "Conostylis caricina subsp. caricina". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  8. 1 2 3 Hopper, S.D; Purdie, R.W; George, A.S; Patrick, S.J. "Conostylis caricina subsp. caricina". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  9. 1 2 3 "Conostylis caricina subsp. caricina". Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "Conostylis caricina". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  11. 1 2 3 Hopper, S.D; Purdie, R.W; George, A.S; Patrick, S.J. "Conostylis caricina subsp. elachys". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  12. 1 2 3 "Conostylis caricina subsp. elachys". Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  13. ↑ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
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