Cryptandra polyclada

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Cryptandra polyclada
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Cryptandra
Species:
C. polyclada
Binomial name
Cryptandra polyclada

Cryptandra polyclada is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a low, spreading to mat-forming or erect shrub with white or cream-coloured, tube-shaped flowers. It was first formally described in 1904 by Ludwig Diels in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie from specimens collected near Tammin. [2] [3] The specific epithet (polyclada) means "many shoots". [4]

In 1995, Barbara Lynette Rye described two subspecies of C. polyclada in the journal Nuytsia , and the names are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:

Subspecies aequabilis is listed as "Priority One" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, [7] meaning that it is known from only one or a few locations which are potentially at risk, [10] and subsp. polyclada as "Priority Three", [9] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat. [10]

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References

  1. "Cryptandra polyclada". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  2. "Cryptandra polyclada". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  3. Diels, Ludwig; Engler, Adolf (1904). "Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. 35 (2–3): 358–359. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  4. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 281. ISBN   9780958034180.
  5. "Cryptandra polyclada subsp. aequabilis". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  6. 1 2 Rye, Barbara L. (1995). "New and priority taxa in the genera Cryptandra and Stenanthemum (Rhamnaceae) of Western Australia". Nuytsia. 10 (2): 276–277. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Cryptandra polyclada subsp. aequabilis". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  8. "Cryptandra polyclada subsp. polyclada". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  9. 1 2 "Cryptandra polyclada subsp. polyclada". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  10. 1 2 "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 29 January 2023.