Dodonaea barklyana

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Dodonaea barklyana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Dodonaea
Species:
D. barklyana
Binomial name
Dodonaea barklyana
Synonyms [1]
  • Distichostemon barklyanaM.G.Harr. orth. var.
  • Distichostemon barklyanusS.T.Reynolds

Dodonaea barklyana is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a shrub with elliptic or oblong, sometimes wavy leaves, flowers arranged in small racemes, and oval to more or less spherical capsules with three or four minute, knob-like triangular wings.

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Description

Dodonaea barklyana is a shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in). Its leaves are oblong or elliptic, 25–60 mm (0.98–2.36 in) long and 10–22 mm (0.39–0.87 in) wide on a petiole 3–7 mm (0.12–0.28 in) long, often clustered and sometimes wavy. The flowers are usually borne in small racemes on the ends of branches, each flower on a pedicel 2–7 mm (0.079–0.276 in) long, with five to seven pointed elliptic sepals 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long and 10 to 22 stamens. The fruit is an oval or more or less spherical capsule, 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long and 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) wide, with three or four knob-like, triangular wings 0.5–1 mm (0.020–0.039 in) long and 0.5–3 mm (0.020–0.118 in) wide. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

This species was first formally described in 1984 by Sally T. Reynolds who gave it the name Distichostemon barklyanus in the journal Austrobaileya , based on specimens collected 48 km (30 mi) south of Elliott in 1969. [3] [4] In 2010, M.G. Harrington transferred the species to Dodonaea as D. barklyana in Australian Systematic Botany . [5] The specific epithet (barklyana) refers to the Barkly Tableland, where the species is common. [2]

Distribution and habitat

This species of Dodonaea is common on the Barkly Tableland in the Northern Territory and Queensland, where it grows on rocky hillsides and outcrops. [2] [3]

Conservation status

Dodonaea barklyana is listed as of "least concern" under the Northern Territory Government Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act [6] and the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992 . [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Dodonaea barklyana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Reynolds, Sally T.; Kodela, Phillip G. "Dodonaea barklyana". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 Reynolds, Sally T. (1984). "Notes on Sapindaceae, III". Austrobaileya. 2 (1): 59–60. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  4. "Distichostemon barklyanus". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  5. "Dodonaea barklyana". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  6. "Dodonaea barklyana". Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  7. "Species profile—Dodonaea barklyana". Queensland Government Department of Education and Science. Retrieved 31 December 2024.