Dodonaea intricata

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Dodonaea intricata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Dodonaea
Species:
D. intricata
Binomial name
Dodonaea intricata

Dodonaea intricata, commonly known as Gawler Ranges hop-bush, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a dioecious, spreading shrub with simple, usually oblong leaves, single or paired flowers and capsules usually with four wings.

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Description

Dodonaea intricata is a dioecious, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in). Its leaves are simple, oblong or rarely lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base or narrowly elliptic, 7–17 mm (0.28–0.67 in) long and 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) wide on a petiole 1–3.5 mm (0.039–0.138 in) long, sometimes with 2 or 3 teeth on the edges. The flowers are borne singly or in pairs on a pedicel 2.5–5 mm (0.098–0.197 in) long, with four egg-shaped to broadly oblong sepals 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) long but that fall off as the flowers open. There are eight stamens and a glabrous ovary. The fruit is a four-winged, reddish brown capsule, 10–13 mm (0.39–0.51 in) long and 9–14 mm (0.35–0.55 in) wide with wings 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) wide. [3] [2]

Taxonomy and naming

Dodonaea intricata was first formally described in 1984 by Judith Gay West in Brunonia from specimens she collected on Barber Hill on the Gawler Ranges on the Eyre Peninsula in 1977. [4] The specific epithet (intricata) means 'entangled'. [5]

Distribution and habitat

This species of Dodonaea grows on granite hills and rocky outcrops, often with Melaleuca species along and north-east of the Gawler Ranges between Whyalla and Lake Everard in South Australia, and between the northern part of the Paroo River and Adavale-Quilpie in southern central Queensland. [2] [3]

Conservation status

Dodonaea intricata is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992 . [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Dodonaea intricata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Dodonaea intricata". Seeds of South Australia. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  3. 1 2 West, Judith Gay. Busby, John R. (ed.). "Dodonaea intricata". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Dodonaea intricata". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  5. ↑ George, Alex; Sharr, Francis (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 226. ISBN   9780958034180.
  6. ↑ "Species profile—Dodonaea intricata". Queensland Government Department of Education and Science. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
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