Lasiopetalum venustum

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Lasiopetalum venustum
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Status DECF P3.svg
Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Lasiopetalum
Species:
L. venustum
Binomial name
Lasiopetalum venustum
Habit Lasiopetalum venustum habit.jpg
Habit

Lasiopetalum venustum is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to a restricted area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with hairy stems, egg-shaped, three-lobed leaves and pink and dark red flowers.

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Description

Lasiopetalum venustum is an erect shrub typically 0.8–1.5 m (3–5 ft) high and wide, its stems covered with rust-coloured and white, star-shaped hairs, at least when young. The leaves are egg-shaped with three lobes, 13–40 mm (0.51–1.57 in) long and 18–32 mm (0.71–1.26 in) wide on a petiole 4–22 mm (0.16–0.87 in) long. The leaves are covered with white and rust-coloured, star-shaped hairs, densely so on the lower surface. The flowers are arranged in loose groups of four to twelve on a rusty-hairy peduncle 28–72 mm (1.1–2.8 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 4.5–9 mm (0.18–0.35 in) long with a thread-like bract 6–14 mm (0.24–0.55 in) long at the base. There are three thread-like bracteoles 6–12 mm (0.24–0.47 in) long at the base of the sepals. The sepals are bright pink with a dark red base, the lobes egg-shaped, 4–8.5 mm (0.16–0.33 in) long, and hairy on the back. There are no petals, the anthers are dark red with a white tip and 3.6–4.7 mm (0.14–0.19 in) long on filaments about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. Flowering has been recorded from October to January and the fruit is about 3.5 mm (0.14 in) long and hairy. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Lasiopetalum venustum was first formally described in 2015 by Kelly Anne Shepherd and Carolyn F. Wilkins in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected in Boonanarring Nature Reserve in 2002. [4] The specific epithet (venustum) means "attractive, charming or pretty". [3]

Distribution and habitat

This lasiopetalum is only known from a nature reserve near Gingin, where it grows in woodland among granite boulders. [2] [3]

Conservation status

Lasiopetalum venustum is listed as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, [2] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Lasiopetalum venustum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Lasiopetalum venustum". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. 1 2 3 Shepherd, Kelly A.; Wilkins, Carolyn F. (2015). "A revision of species from the tribe Lasiopetaleae (Byttnerioideae: Malvaceae) with rostrate anthers" (PDF). Nuytsia. 25: 186–188. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Lasiopetalum trichanthera". APNI. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
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