Hakea tephrosperma

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Hakea tephrosperma
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Hakea
Species:
H. tephrosperma
Binomial name
Hakea tephrosperma

Hakea tephrosperma commonly known as hooked needlewood, [2] is a shrub or small tree species in the family Proteaceae. It has cream flowers, needle-shaped leaves and is one of the taller species adaptable for dry to temperate locations.

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Description

Hakea tephrosperma is a large upright multi-stemmed shrub or small tree growing to 8 m (26 ft) high and forms a lignotuber. The smaller branches are rusty coloured with flat silky hairs or may be densely covered with short white, woolly, soft matted hairs. The needle-shaped leaves are smooth 3–8 cm (1–3 in) long, 1–1.8 mm (0.04–0.07 in) wide and ending in a small curved hook 0.8–2 mm (0.03–0.08 in) long. The inflorescence has a short red-brown stalk 1–3 mm (0.039–0.12 in) long, covered in fine soft hairs. The inflorescence consists of 6-22 flowers, each individual flower has a stalk 3.5–7 mm (0.1–0.3 in) long. The pedicel and perianth are white and red-brown with fine soft matted hairs. Racemes of cream flowers appear in the leaf axils between September and October. The egg-shaped fruit are mostly smooth 2–3 cm (0.8–1 in) long and 1.5–2 cm (0.59–0.79 in) wide, occasionally with small blister-like protuberances. The fruit ending with blunt conspicuous horns up to 2 mm (0.08 in) long. [3] [4]

Taxonomy and naming

Hakea tephrosperma was first formally described in 1830 by botanist Robert Brown in Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae . [5] [6] The specific epithet (tephrosperma) is derived from the Ancient Greek words tephros meaning "ash-coloured" [7] :382 and sperma meaning "seed" [7] :694 referring to the colour of the seed.

Distribution and habitat

Hooked needlewood is a widespread species occurring in drier areas of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. Grows in open spinifex and blue-bush (Maireana species) shrubland as an individual tree or in dense thickets on coarse soils. [4] The hooked needlewood is an adaptable species for dry to temperate locations but rarely seen in cultivation. [3]

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References

  1. "Hakea tephrosperma". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  2. "Hakea tephrosperma". Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  3. 1 2 Ivan Holliday (2005). Hakeas : a field and garden guide. Reed New Holland. ISBN   978-1-877069-14-7.
  4. 1 2 "Hakea tephrosperma". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
  5. "Hakea tephrosperma". APNI. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  6. Brown, Robert (1830). Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae. London. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  7. 1 2 Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.