Philotheca papillata

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Philotheca papillata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Philotheca
Species:
P. papillata
Binomial name
Philotheca papillata
Habit in the Sherwood Nature Reserve Philotheca papillata habit.jpg
Habit in the Sherwood Nature Reserve

Philotheca papillata is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of New South Wales. It is a small, erect, multistemmed shrub with glandular-warty, narrow elliptic leaves, and white to pale pink flowers arranged singly on the end of the stems.

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Description

Philotheca papillata is an erect, multistemmed shrub that grows to a height of about 60 cm (24 in) with its stems covered by long, soft hairs. The leaves are narrow elliptic, 9–12 mm (0.35–0.47 in) long, 1–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) wide and glandular-warty with four or five glands on each side of the lower surface. The flowers are borne singly on the ends of the stems and are sessile with five more or less round sepals 1.5–2 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long and five elliptical white to pale pink petals 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) long. The ten stamens are 6.5–8 mm (0.26–0.31 in) long joined at their lower half. Flowering occurs in spring. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Philotheca papillata was first formally described in 2006 by Ian Telford and Lachlan Copeland from specimens collected in the Sherwood Nature Reserve near Glenreagh in 2004. [4] [5]

Distribution and habitat

This philotheca grows in heath on sandstone in the Sherwood Nature Reserve near Glenreagh. [2] [3]

Conservation status

Philotheca papillata is listed as "vulnerable" under the New South Wales Government Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 . [6]

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References

  1. "Philotheca papillata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 Wilson, Paul G.; Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.) (2013). Flora of Australia (Volume 26). Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. p. 372. Retrieved 12 August 2020.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  3. 1 2 Crayn, Darren. "Philotheca papillata". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  4. "Philotheca papillata". APNI. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  5. Telford, Ian R.H.; Copeland, Lachlan M. (2006). "Philotheca papillata (Rutaceae), a new endangered species from north-eastern New South Wales". Telopea. 11 (2): 105–110.
  6. "NSW Threatened Species Scientific Committee" (PDF). New South Wales Government Department of Planning, Industry and Environment. Retrieved 29 August 2021.