Synaphea favosa

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Synaphea favosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Synaphea
Species:
S. favosa
Binomial name
Synaphea favosa
Synonyms [1]
  • Synaphea favosaR.Br. var. favosa
  • Synaphea favosa var. lanceolata Meisn.

Synaphea favosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, spreading shrub with mostly lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with the lower end towards the base, spikes of rather openly spaced yellow flowers and egg-shaped fruit.

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Description

Synaphea favosa is a low, spreading shrub with sometimes erect stems up to 80 mm (3.1 in) long and covered with soft hairs. The leaves are lance-shaped to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, sometimes with teeth or lobes, 50–120 mm (2.0–4.7 in) long and 15–30 mm (0.59–1.18 in) wide on a petiole 20–100 mm (0.79–3.94 in) long, and with three main veins. The flowers are yellow and borne in rather openly-branched spikes 50–80 mm (2.0–3.1 in) long on a sometimes branched peduncle up to 70 mm (2.8 in) long. The perianth is widely open, the upper tepal 6.0–6.5 mm (0.24–0.26 in) long and 2.0–2.6 mm (0.079–0.102 in) wide, the lower tepal 3.5–4.5 mm (0.14–0.18 in) long. The stigma is elliptic with two erect horns, 1.2–1.5 mm (0.047–0.059 in) long and 1.2–1.3 mm (0.047–0.051 in) wide. Flowering occurs from September to November and the fruit is egg-shaped, 3.5–4.0 mm (0.14–0.16 in) long and covered with soft hairs. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Synaphea favosa was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London . [4] [5] The specific epithet (favosa) means 'abounding in honeycomb', referring to the leaf veins. [6]

Distribution and habitat

This species of Synaphea grows in sand over gravel or sandstone in kwongan from Rocky Gully to Denmark and east to Bremer Bay including the Stirling Range in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Warren bioregion of south-western Western Australia. [2] [3]

Conservation status

Synaphea favosa is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Synaphea favosa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 George, Alex S. "Synaphea favosa". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Synaphea favosa". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. ↑ Brown, Robert (1810). "On the Proteaceae of Jussieu". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 10 (1): 156. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Synaphea favosa". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  6. ↑ George, Alex S.; Sharr, Francis A. (2023). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings - A Glossary (fifth ed.). Kardinya: Four Gables Press. p. 202. ISBN   9780645629538.
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