Dillwynia dillwynioides

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Dillwynia dillwynioides
Status DECF P3.svg
Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Dillwynia
Species:
D. dillwynioides
Binomial name
Dillwynia dillwynioides
Synonyms [1]

Aotus dillwynioidesMeisn.

Dillwynia dillwynioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low-lying or erect, spindly shrub with cylindrical, grooved leaves and yellow, red or orange flowers with yellow, red or orange markings.

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Description

Dillwynia dillwynioides is a low-lying or erect, spindly shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1.2 m (1 ft 0 in – 3 ft 11 in). The leaves are hairy, more or less cylindrical but with longitudinal grooves on the lower surface, 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) long and 0.5–1 mm (0.020–0.039 in) wide. Each flower is on a pedicel 3.2–3.5 mm (0.13–0.14 in) long with hairy bracteoles 3–4.2 mm (0.12–0.17 in) long, but that fall off as the flower opens. The sepals are hairy, 7.5–8.5 mm (0.30–0.33 in) long and the corolla is mostly yellow, red or orange with yellow, red or orange spots and blotches. The standard petal is 9.5–12.5 mm (0.37–0.49 in) long, the wings 8.5–10 mm (0.33–0.39 in) long and the keel 7.0–7.5 mm (0.28–0.30 in) long. Flowering occurs from August to December. [2]

Taxonomy and naming

This species was first formally described in 1844 by Carl Meissner in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae and was given the name Aotus dillwynioides. [3] [4] In 1917, George Claridge Druce changed the name to Dillwynia dillwynioides in The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916. [5] [6]

Distribution

This dillwynia grows in winter-wet depressions in the Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic region of south-western Western Australia. [2]

Conservation status

This species is classified as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife [2] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat. [7]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Dillwynia dillwynioides". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
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  4. Meissner, Carl; Lehmann, Johann G.C. (1844). Plantae Preissianae. Vol. 1. Hamburg. pp. 60–61. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  5. "Dillwynia dillwynioides". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  6. Druce, George C. (1917). "Nomenclatorial Notes: chiefly African and Australian". The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2. Supplement 2: 620. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  7. "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 29 May 2021.