Hibbertia serrata

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

Hibbertia serrata, commonly known as serrate-leaved guinea-flower, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with softly-hairy foliage, elliptic to wedge-shaped leaves and yellow flowers with about twenty stamens arranged around two or three glabrous carpels.

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Description

Hibbertia serrata is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.1–1.5 m (3.9 in – 4 ft 11.1 in) and has softly-hairy foliage. The leaves are arranged alternately, elliptic to wedge-shaped, 50–90 mm (2.0–3.5 in) long and 12–27 mm (0.47–1.06 in) wide with a prominent mid-vein on the lower surface, the edges serrated. The flowers are sessile and arranged in leaf axils with two or three brown bracteoles 3.5 mm (0.14 in) long at the base. The five sepals are egg-shaped, 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in) long and softly hairy and the five petals are yellow, about 8 mm (0.31 in) long and broadly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base. There are about twenty stamens free from each other around the two or three glabrous carpels, each carpel with two ovules. Flowering occurs from August to December. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Hibbertia serrata was first formally described in 1954 by Arland Tillotson Hotchkiss based on plant material he collected in Pemberton in 1953. [3] [4] The specific epithet (serrata) means "saw-edged", referring to the leaves. [5]

Distribution and habitat

Serrate-leaved guinea-flower grows in a range of habitats in grey or black sand over limestone, laterite or granite-based soils. It occurs in the Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions in the far south-west of Western Australia. [2]

Conservation status

This hibbertia is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Hibbertia serrata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Hibbertia serrata". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. 1 2 Hotchkiss, A. T. (1954). "A new species of Hibbertia Andr. from Western Australia". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 79: 29–33.
  4. ↑ "Hibbertia serrata". APNI. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 306. ISBN   9780958034180.
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