Trichocline spathulata

Trichocline spathulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Trichocline
Species:	T. spathulata
Binomial name
Trichocline spathulata (A.Cunn ex DC.) J.H.Willis
Synonyms [1]
Amblysperma minorKeighery Amblysperma scapigeraBenth. Amblysperma spathulata(A.Cunn. ex DC.) D.J.N.Hind Celmisia spathulataA.Cunn. ex DC. Trichocline scapigeraF.Muell.

Trichocline spathulata, common name native gerbera, is a plant in the family Asteraceae, ^[2] found in the south-west of Western Australia. ^{[3] [1]}

It was first described in 1836 by Allan Cunningham as Celmisia spathulata, ^{[4] [5]} but was transferred to the genus Trichocline in 1967 by James Hamlyn Willis. ^{[4] [6]}

The species epithet, spathulata, is a Latin adjective describing some part of the plant as being spoon-shaped. ^[7]

References

1. "Trichocline spathulata (A.Cunn. ex DC.) J.H.Willis | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
2. "Trichocline spathulata". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
3. "AVH occurrence data: Trichocline spathulata". avh.ala.org.au. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
4. "Trichocline spathulata". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
5. Candolle, A.P. de (1836). Candolle, A.P. de (ed.). "Compositae". Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. 5: 209.
6. Willis, J.H. (1967). "Notes on two species of Western Australian Compositae". Western Australian Naturalist. 10 (7): 157.
7. "spathulatus,-a,-um". www.plantillustrations.org. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

External links

• Trichocline spathulata occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium