Pultenaea maidenii

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Maiden's bush-pea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Pultenaea
Species:
†P. maidenii
Binomial name
†Pultenaea maidenii
Synonyms [1]
  • Pultenaea stricta var. maideni Ewart orth. var.
  • Pultenaea stricta var. maidenii(Reader) Ewart

Pultenaea maidenii, commonly known as Maiden's bush-pea, [2] is an extinct species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and was endemic to Victoria, Australia. It was an erect shrub with egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and pea-shaped flowers.

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Description

Pultenaea maidenii was an erect shrub that typically grew to a height of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in), with ribbed stems that were sparsely hairy when young. The leaves were egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, concave or folded lengthwise, 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) long and 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) wide with lance-shaped stipules about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long at the base. The flowers were arranged clusters of four to six at the ends of the branches with broadly egg-shaped to round bracts 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long and wide. The sepals were 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long with bracteoles attached to the side of the sepal tube. The standard was 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in) long and the ovary was hairy. Flowering occurred in November. [3]

Taxonomy and naming

Pultenaea maidenii was first formally described in 1906 by Felix Reader in The Victorian Naturalist from specimens collected in 1904 by Herbert Bennett Williamson "at the Pipehead Reservoir of the Hamilton Waterworks, on the Victoria Range, Dundas County, Victoria". [4] The specific epithet (maidenii) honours Joseph Maiden. [5]

Distribution

Maiden's bush-pea grows is only known from the collections made by Williamson between 1903 and 1906 on the south-western side of the Vicroia Range in the Grampians. [3] [6]

Conservation status

Pultenaea maidenii is listed as "extinct" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 . [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Pultenaea maidenii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Species Profile and Threats Database - EPBC Act List of Threatened Flora". Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 Corrick, Margaret G. "Pultenaea maidenii". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Pultenaea maidenii". APNI. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  5. ↑ Reader, Felix M. (1906). "Contributions to the flora of Victoria, No. XV". The Victorian Naturalist. 22 (9): 158–159. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  6. ↑ Holland, Daryl. "The Stories of Australia's Botanical Biodiversity". University of Melbourne. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
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