Ptilothrix deusta

Last updated

Ptilothrix deusta
Ptilothrix deusta (12024626413).jpg
Royal National Park, Australia
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Ptilothrix
Species:
P. deusta
Binomial name
Ptilothrix deusta
Synonyms [1]

Carpha deustaR.Br.
Chaetospora deusta(R.Br.) F.Muell.
Mesomelaena deusta(R.Br.) Benth.
Ptilanthelium deustum(R.Br.) Kük.
Rhynchospora deusta(R.Br.) Spreng.
Schoenus deustus(R.Br.) F.Muell.

Ptilothrix deusta is a sedge in the family Cyperaceae found in south eastern Australia. [1] It is commonly seen in wet sandy soils in heathland, growing from 30 to 60 cm tall. [2] This is one of the many plants first published by Robert Brown with the type known as "(J.) v.v." appearing in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen in 1810 as Carpha deusta. [3] [4] It was transferred to the genus, Ptilothrix, in 1994 by Karen Wilson. [3] [5] The genus name is derived from ancient Greek, meaning feather hair. The specific epithet deusta is derived from the Latin with a meaning of burnt. [6]

Related Research Articles

<i>Leonotis</i> Genus of flowering plants

Leonotis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. One species, Leonotis nepetifolia, is native to tropical Africa and southern India. It is naturalized throughout most of the tropics. The other species are endemic to southern + eastern Africa.

<i>Hemiandra</i> Genus of flowering plants

Hemiandra is a genus of nine species of flowering plants of the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. Plants in the genus Hemiandra are shrubs with sessile leaves arranged in opposite pairs, petals with five lobes arranged in two "lips" and the fruit a capsule usually containing four nuts.

Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen is a flora of Australia written by botanist Robert Brown and published in 1810. Often referred to as Prodromus Flora Novae Hollandiae, or by its standard botanical abbreviation Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland., it was the first attempt at a survey of the Australian flora. It described over 2040 species, over half of which were published for the first time.

<i>Persoonia laurina</i> Species of shrub

Persoonia laurina, commonly known as the laurel-leaved or laurel geebung, is a shrub of the family Proteaceae native to central New South Wales in eastern Australia. Found in sclerophyll forest, it grows to a height of 2 metres. The yellow flowers appear in late spring.

<i>Stenanthera</i> Genus of plants

Stenanthera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. Most are low shrubs with leaves that are paler on the lower surface, tube-shaped flowers and with the fruit a drupe. There are three species, formerly included in the genus Astroloma.

<i>Lyperanthus suaveolens</i> Species of orchid

Lyperanthus suaveolens, commonly called brown beaks, is a species of orchid that is endemic to the eastern states of Australia.

<i>Schizaea rupestris</i> Species of fern

Schizaea rupestris is a small Australian fern. Most populations are in found in the ranges near Sydney. However, it also occurs near Woolgoolga and Western Australia.

<i>Persicaria decipiens</i> Species of plant

Persicaria decipiens, commonly known as slender knotweed, is a species of flowering plant native to Australia and Asia.

<i>Pollia crispata</i>

Pollia crispata is a perennial herb found in rainforest or rainforest margins in eastern Australia. The specific epithet crispata is derived from Latin, meaning "wavy". Found from near Nowra in New South Wales to tropical Queensland.

<i>Cyperus concinnus</i> species of plant in Cyperaceae family endemic to Australia

Cyperus concinnus is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to Australia, and found in New South Wales, Queensland, the Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia.

<i>Carex brunnea</i> Species of sedge

Carex brunnea, the greater brown sedge, is a small species of plant found in many parts of Asia, as well as eastern Australia and Lord Howe Island. This plant is often seen in disturbed, sunny areas in and near rainforest. This is one of many plants described by Robert Brown and was published in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen (1810). Brown recorded the type "(J.) v.v." Brown's name of Carex gracilis was ruled invalid, as the plant had previously appeared in scientific literature in 1784. Published by the Swedish naturalist Carl Peter Thunberg, in Murray's Systema Vegetabilium, 14th edition.

<i>Desmocladus flexuosus</i> Species of flowering plant

Desmocladus flexuosus is a rhizatomous, sedge-like herb in the Restionaceae family, endemic to south-west Western Australia.

Oreobolus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cyperaceae. The genus has a circumpacific distribution.

<i>Lepidosperma viscidum</i> Species of plant

Lepidosperma viscidum, the sticky saw sedge, is a grass like plant found in south eastern Australia. Usually seen in heath and woodland on sandy and rocky sites, it may grow to 60 centimetres high. This is one of the many plants first published by Robert Brown with the type known as "(M.) v.v." appearing in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen in 1810. The specific epithet viscidum is derived from the Latin with a meaning of "sticky", which refers to the sticky resin from the base and margins of the leaves and stem margins. On drying, the resin turns a red colour.

<i>Chaetanthus aristatus</i> Species of flowering plant

Chaetanthus aristatus is a species of rush. It is found in Western Australia.

<i>Chordifex laxus</i> Species of flowering plant

Chordifex laxus is a rush species of the genus Chordifex in the family Restionaceae. It is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

Leptocarpus laxus is a rush species of the genus Leptocarpus in the family Restionaceae. It is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

<i>Samolus junceus</i> Species of flowering plant

Samolus junceus in the family Primulaceae is a species of water pimpernel native to Western Australia.

<i>Goodenia pilosa</i> Species of plant

Goodenia pilosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is native to northern Australia and to parts of Asia. It is a prostrate to low-lying herb with erect hairs, narrow oblong to narrow elliptic leaves at the base of the plant and racemes of yellow flowers with a purplish base.

<i>Tremulina tremula</i> Species of plant

Tremulina tremula is a plant in the Restionaceae family, found in the south-west of Western Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 "Ptilothrix deusta (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science".
  2. "Ptilothrix deusta, PlantNET - NSW Flora Online" . Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Ptilothrix deusta". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  4. Brown, R. (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805. p. 230.
  5. Karen Wilson (26 April 1994). "New taxa and combinations in the family Cyperaceae in eastern Australia". Telopea . 5 (4): 613. doi:10.7751/TELOPEA19944989. ISSN   0312-9764. Wikidata   Q55801380.
  6. Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN   978-0-7318-1211-0 page 294