Lawrencia densiflora

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Lawrencia densiflora
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Lawrencia
Species:
L. densiflora
Binomial name
Lawrencia densiflora
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Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms [3]

Plagianthus densiflorusBaker f.

Lawrencia densiflora is a species of plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia [1] [4]

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Description

L. densiflora is a perennial shrub/herb, growing to a height from 0.07 to 0.6 m. [1] The stems are hairy. [1] The leaves are irregularly lobed, 10 to 40 mm long and 5 to 20 mm wide, with stellate hairs. [1] The flowers have both a calyx and a corolla, and are yellow to cream and seen between July and October. [1]

Habitat

It grows on limestone and sandy or clayey soils, and is found in dry watercourses, claypans, salty depressions and limestone ridges. [1]

Distribution

It is found in Beard's Eremaean Province and in the IBRA regions of Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara and Yalgoo. [1]

Taxonomy

L. densiflora was first described as Plagianthus densiflorus by Baker in 1892, [5] [6] and in 1967, was redescribed by Melville who assigned it to the genus, Lawrencia , with the plant thereby becoming Lawrencia densiflora. [7] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Florabase: Lawrencia densiflora". Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  2. 1 2 Melville, R. 1967. Contributions to the Flora of Australia: VII. Generic delimitation in the Plagianthus complex. Kew Bulletin 20(3): 514
  3. Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. "Plants of the World online: Lawrencia densiflora synonyms". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  4. "AVH: Lawrencia densiflora (occurrence map)". Australasian Virtual Herbarium . Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  5. "APNI: Plagianthus densiflorus". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  6. Baker, E.G. 1892. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 30: 72
  7. "APNI: Lawrencia densiflora". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 2018-05-22.