Hibbertia brownii

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Hibbertia brownii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Dilleniales
Family: Dilleniaceae
Genus: Hibbertia
Species:
H. brownii
Binomial name
Hibbertia brownii

Hibbertia brownii is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the Northern Territory. It is a shrub with narrow elliptic leaves that are glabrous on the upper surface, paler below with dense woolly hairs and racemes of yellow flowers. Flowering occurs in most months. It is similar to H. dealbata , H. candicans and H. arnhemica . [2]

Hibbertia brownii was first formally described in 1863 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis from specimens collected by Robert Brown. [3] [4]

This hibbertia is found in the northern part of the Northern Territory. [2] The species is classified as "least concern" under the Northern Territory Government Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976. [2]

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References

  1. "Hibbertia brownii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Hibbertia brownii". Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  3. "Hibbertia brownii". APNI. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  4. Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1863). Flora Australiensis. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 21. Retrieved 6 July 2021.