Dodonaea ceratocarpa

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Dodonaea ceratocarpa
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In Cape Arid National Park
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Dodonaea
Species:
D. ceratocarpa
Binomial name
Dodonaea ceratocarpa
Synonyms [1]
  • Dodonaea pterocaulisMiq.
  • Dodonaea oblongifoliaauct. non Link

Dodonaea ceratocarpa is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading to erect shrub with simple, sessile, lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, flowers arranged in three of four cymes on the ends of branches, each flowers with eight stamens, and four-angled capsules with horn-like appendages.

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Description

Dodonaea ceratocarpa is a dioecious, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in). Its leaves are sessile, simple, lance-shaped to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, usually 14–30 mm (0.55–1.18 in) long, 3–10 mm (0.12–0.39 in) wide and glabrous, with the end rolled under. The flowers borne in three or four cymes on the ends of branches, with four egg-shaped sepals 2.0–3.5 mm (0.079–0.138 in) long, but that fall off as the flowers open. Each flower has eight stamens and the ovary has a few sparse hairs. Flowering mainly occurs from May to October and the fruit is usually a four-angled, spherical capsule 4.5–8 mm (0.18–0.31 in) long and 5–8.5 mm (0.20–0.33 in) wide, including horn-like appendages 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) wide. [2] [3]

Taxonomy and naming

Dodonaea ceratocarpa was first formally described in 1837 by Stephan Endlicher in Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus Liber Baro de Hügel . [4] [5] The specific epithet (ceratocarpa) means 'horn-fruited'. [6]

Distribution and habitat

This species of Dodonaea grows in sandy soils on granite outcrops, coastal headlands and cliffs, between Perth and Israelite Bay, in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia. [2] [3]

Conservation status

Dodonaea ceratocarpa is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Dodonaea ceratocarpa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  2. 1 2 West, Judith Gay. Busby, John R. (ed.). "Dodonaea ceratocarpa". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Dodonaea ceratocarpa". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. "Dodonaea ceratocarpa". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  5. Endlicher, Stephan (1837). Endlicher, Stephan; Fenzl, Eduard; Bentham, George; Schott, Heinrich Wilhelm (eds.). Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in Sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus liber baro de Hügel. New York: apud Fr. Beck Universitatis Bibliopolam. p. 13.
  6. George, Alex; Sharr, Francis (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 161. ISBN   9780958034180.