Tasmannia insipida

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Tasmannia insipida
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Tasmannia insipida at Budderoo National Park, Australia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Canellales
Family: Winteraceae
Genus: Tasmannia
Species:
T. insipida
Binomial name
Tasmannia insipida
Synonyms [1]
  • Drimys dipetala F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
  • Drimys insipida(R.Br. ex DC.) Tiegh.
  • Drimys insipida(R.Br. ex DC.) Druce isonym
  • Drimys insipida(R.Br. ex DC.) Domin isonym
  • Tasmannia dipetalaDC. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
  • Tasmannia monticolaA.Rich.

Tasmannia insipida, commonly known as brush pepperbush, Dorrigo pepper, [2] pepper bush, pepper tree or faint pepper bush, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Winteraceae , and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with lance-shaped or egg-shaped leaves the narrower end towards the base, the flowers male and female flowers on separate plants, male flowers with 17 to 65 stamens, female flowers with a single carpel with 15-40 ovules, and the fruit a purplish berry.

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Description

Tasmannia insipida is a shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of 1.5–6 m (4 ft 11 in – 19 ft 8 in) and has smooth branchlets. The leaves are paper-like, lance-shaped to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 80–200 mm (3.1–7.9 in) long and 15–55 mm (0.59–2.17 in) wide on petiole 1–4 mm (0.039–0.157 in) long. Male and female flowers are borne on separate plants, male flowers on a pedicel 8–50 mm (0.31–1.97 in) long, the petals 6.5–14.5 mm (0.26–0.57 in) long with 17 to 65 stamens. Female flowers are borne on a pedicel 8–29 mm (0.31–1.14 in) long, the petals 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) long with a single carpel with 15 to 40 ovules. Flowering occurs from August to November and the fruit is a purplish berry, 12–20 mm (0.47–0.79 in) long, containing 8 to 27 seeds 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long and 1.7–2.5 mm (0.067–0.098 in) wide. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Tasmannia insipida was first formally described in 1817 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in his Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale from an unpublished description by Robert Brown from specimens collected near Port Jackson. [4] [5] The specific epithet (insipida) means "taseless" or "insipid", presumably referring to the flavour of the seeds. [6]

Distribution

Tasmannia insipida can be found in the cool wet forests or coasts of eastern Australia, from Moruya on the southern coast of New South Wales to Mount Misery in northern Queensland. [2] [3]

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<i>Hibbertia pedunculata</i> Species of flowering plant

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Hibbertia cistifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a prostrate to low-lying sub-shrub with trailing, wiry stems, hairy foliage, oblong to elliptic leaves and yellow flowers arranged in leaf axils, with forty to fifty-eight stamens arranged around the two carpels.

<i>Hibbertia furfuracea</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Hibbertia linearis</i> Species of flowering plant

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tasmannia insipida". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Harden, Gwen J. "Tasmannia insipida". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 Guymer, Gorden P.; Kodela, Phillip G. "Tasmannia insipida". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "Tasmannia insipida". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government . Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  5. ↑ de Candolle, Augustin P. (1817). Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale. Paris: Sumptibus sociorum Treuttel et Würtz. pp. 445–446. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  6. ↑ "Tasmannia insipidus". Australian Native Plants Society (Australia). Retrieved 7 May 2024.
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