Conostylis teretifolia

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Conostylis teretifolia
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Subspecies teretifolia near Mt. Benia, near Jurien Bay
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Haemodoraceae
Genus: Conostylis
Species:
C. teretifolia
Binomial name
Conostylis teretifolia

Conostylis teretifolia is a rhizomatous, tufted, perennial, grass-like plant or herb in the family Haemodoraceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has flat leaves, short stems and yellow to reddish, tube-shaped flowers.

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Description

Conostylis teretifolia is a rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like plant or herb that typically grows to 6–20 cm (2.4–7.9 in) high. The leaves are flat, 60–120 mm (2.4–4.7 in) long and 0.5–1.1 mm (0.020–0.043 in) wide and grooved with white hairs. The flowers are arranged in heads of a few flowers on a flowering stalk 35–110 mm (1.4–4.3 in) long, sometimes with leaf-like bracts 3–16 mm (0.12–0.63 in) long at the base. The perianth is 7–11 mm (0.28–0.43 in) long with yellow or reddish hairs, and lobes 5–9 mm (0.20–0.35 in) long. The anthers are 1.3–3.2 mm (0.051–0.126 in) long and the style 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long. Flowering occurs in August and September. [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy and naming

Conostylis teretifolia was first formally described in 1961 by John Green in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales from a specimen collected by William Blackall near Cockleshell Gully in 1938. [3] [5] The specific epithet (teretifolia) means "terete-leaved". [6]

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

Distribution and habitat

This species of conostylis grows in sand and sandy loam. Subspecies planescens occurs in isolated sites between Gingin, Yanchep and Wanneroo in the Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia, [8] [11] and subsp. teretifolia in northern heaths between the Moore River and the Arrowsmith River in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions. [10] [12]

Conservation status

Both subspecies of Conostylis teretifolia are listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. [11] [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Conostylis teretifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  2. ↑ Hopper, S.D; Purdie, R.W; George, A.S; Patrick, S.J. "Conostylis teretifolia". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  3. 1 2 Green, John W. (1961). "The Genus Conostylis R.Br. II. Taxonomy". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 85 (3): 360–361. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "Conostylis teretifolia". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  5. ↑ "Conostylis teretifolia". APNI. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  6. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 323. ISBN   9780958034180.
  7. ↑ "Conostylis teretifolia subsp. planescens". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  8. 1 2 Hopper, S.D; Purdie, R.W; George, A.S; Patrick, S.J. "Conostylis teretifolia subsp. planescens". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "Conostylis teretifolia subsp. teretifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  10. 1 2 Hopper, S.D; Purdie, R.W; George, A.S; Patrick, S.J. "Conostylis teretifolia subsp. teretifolia". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  11. 1 2 "Conostylis teretifolia subsp. planescens". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  12. 1 2 "Conostylis teretifolia subsp. teretifolia". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
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