Dicrastylis corymbosa

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Dicrastylis corymbosa
Dicrastylis corymbosa (Endl.) Munir as Dicrastylis stoechas Drumm. ex Harvey-002.jpg
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Dicrastylis
Species:
D. corymbosa
Binomial name
Dicrastylis corymbosa
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Synonyms [3]

Dicrastylis glaucaMunir
Dicrastylis stoechas Drumm. ex Harv.
Dicrastylis thomasiaeS.Moore
Mallophora corymbosaEndl.

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Dicrastylis corymbosa is a species of plant within the genus, Dicrastylis , in the family Lamiaceae. [3] It is endemic to Western Australia. [3]

Description

Dicrastylis corymbosa is a many branched shrub, growing to 30 cm high, in yellow and brown sands. Its stems are roughly circular in cross section, and having no peltate scales. The opposite and entire leaves are 4-15 mm long by 2-5 mm wide, and have branched (dendritic) hairs. There are no bracteoles, but there are bracts which are 4.5-6. mm long. The flower stalks are 0.5-1.2 mm long, and have dendritic hairs, and peltate scales hairs. The calyx has five lobes (1.3-2 mm long), and is covered in dendritic hairs, and the white to cream corolla is 3.8-4.5 mm long, with no dots or stripes in its throat. There are five stamens. [4]

It is found in Beard's Eremaean, and South-West Provinces. [4]

Taxonomy

It was first described by Stephan Endlicher in 1838 as Mallophora corymbosa, [1] [5] but was assigned to the genus, Dicrastylis by Ahmad Abid Munir in 1978 to give Dicrastylis corymbosa. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dicrastylis corymbosa". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 Munir, A.A. (1978). "Taxonomic revision of Chloanthaceae trib. Physopsideae". Brunonia. 1 (4): 500–505, Fig. 18, Map 5. doi:10.1071/BRU9780407. ISSN   0313-4245. Wikidata   Q55756057.
  3. 1 2 3 Govaerts, R., et. al. "Plants of the World online: Dicrastylis corymbosa (Endl.) Munir". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Dicrastylis corymbosa". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife . Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  5. Endlicher, S.F.L. (1838). Stirpium Australasicarum Herbarii Hugeliani Decades Tres. p. 207.