Dodonaea stenozyga

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Desert hop-bush
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Dodonaea
Species:
D. stenozyga
Binomial name
Dodonaea stenozyga

Dodonaea stenozyga, commonly known as desert hop-bush, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to southern parts of continental Australia. It is a small, upright shrub with small clusters of flowers and linear leaves.

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Description

Dodonaea stenozyga is an upright, rounded shrub to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) high with paripinnate leaves 1–3.8 cm (0.39–1.50 in) long on a petiole 9.5–20 mm (0.37–0.79 in) long, the 2 to 6 linear leaflets 8–13.5 mm (0.31–0.53 in) long, rounded at the apex, sometimes with the edges turned down. The flowers are usually in pairs or in a group of 3, each flower on a pedicel 4–8.5 mm (0.16–0.33 in) long, with 4 oval-shaped sepals, 1.5–3.2 mm (0.059–0.126 in) long and falling off early. Flowering has been recorded in September and the fruit is a 4-winged, broadly elliptic to broadly egg-shaped capsule 8.5–14.5 mm (0.33–0.57 in) long and 10–17 mm (0.39–0.67 in) wide, the wings 3–6.5 mm (0.12–0.26 in) wide, smooth and leathery. [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy

Dodonaea stenozyga was first formally described in 1859 by Ferdinand von Mueller and the description was published in his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected near the junction of the Darling and Murray Rivers. [5] [6] The specific epithet (stenozyga) means "joined" in reference to the pinnate leaflets. [7]

Distribution and habitat

Desert hop-bush grows in semi-arid locations in mallee scrub or open woodland in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales and Western Australia. [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Dodonaea stenozyga". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Dodonaea stenozyga". eFloraSA-Electronic Flora of South Australia. State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  3. 1 2 George, A.S (1987). Flora of Australia 25 (PDF). Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. p. 143.
  4. 1 2 "Dodonaea stenozyga". FloraBase-Flora of Western Australia. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "Dodonaea stenozyga". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  6. ↑ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1859). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 98. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  7. ↑ George, A.S; Sharr, F.A (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and their meanings (4th ed.). Kardinya: Four Gables. p. 323. ISBN   9780958034197.
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