Hodgsoniola

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Hodgsoniola
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Subfamily: Hemerocallidoideae
Genus: Hodgsoniola
F.Muell. 1861
Species:
H. junciformis
Binomial name
Hodgsoniola junciformis
Synonyms [1]
  • HodgsoniaF.Muell. 1860 not Hook. f. & Thomson 1854 nor Perss. 1953
  • Hodgsonia junciformisF.Muell

Hodgsoniola is a genus of herbs in the family Asphodelaceae, first described as a genus in 1860. There is but one known species, Hodgsoniola junciformis, endemic to Western Australia. [1] The species was first described in 1860 by Ferdinand von Mueller as Hodgsonia junciformis, [2] [3] but in 1861 he reassigned it to the genus, Hodgsoniola (in the index). [2] [4]

It is a tufted perennial herb growing from 20 cm to 50 cm high and flowers from September to December. [5]

It grows in the IBRA regions of Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, and Jarrah Forest on grey-black sand in swamps. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 1 2 "Hodgsoniola junciformis". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Australian Government. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
  3. Mueller, F.J.H. von (1860). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 2. p. 96.
  4. Mueller, F.J.H. von (1861). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 2. p. 185.
  5. 1 2 Grazyna Paczkowska (1994-06-27). "Hodgsoniola junciformis (F.Muell.) F.Muell". FloraBase - The Western Australian Flora. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 2023-01-22.