Zieria oreocena

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Grampians zieria
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Zieria oreocena growing at the northern end of the Grampians National Park
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Zieria
Species:
Z. oreocena
Binomial name
Zieria oreocena

Zieria oreocena, commonly known as Grampians zieria, is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to Victoria, Australia. It is a spindly shrub with glabrous, three-part, clover-like leaves and clusters of up to thirty white flowers with four petals and four stamens. It is a rare species, only found in the Grampians.

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Description

Zieria oreocena is a spindly shrub which grows to a height of 3.5 m (10 ft). Its branches are glabrous, dotted with translucent glands and have distinct ridges. The leaves are more or less glabrous and are composed of three lance-shaped leaflets with a petiole 11–36 mm (0.4–1 in) long. The central leaflet is 23–82 mm (0.9–3 in) long, 4–16 mm (0.2–0.6 in) wide. The flowers are arranged in clusters of between 7 and 29 in leaf axils, the clusters shorter than the leaves. The sepals are triangular, 1–2 mm (0.04–0.08 in) long and covered with woolly hairs. The four petals are white, 3.5–6 mm (0.1–0.2 in) long and covered with soft hairs. There are four stamens. Flowering occurs in spring and is followed by fruit which are glabrous capsules containing striped reddish-brown seeds. [2]

Taxonomy and naming

Zieria oreocena was first formally described in 2002 by James Armstrong from a specimen collected near Mount Zero in the Grampians and the description was published in Australian Systematic Botany . The specific epithet is derived from Greek words meaning "a mountain" and "empty", referring to the Mount Zero area, where the type specimens were collected. [3]

Distribution and habitat

Grampians zieria grows in woodland and shrubland in the Grampians. [2]

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References

  1. "Zieria oreocena". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 Ohlsen, Daniel. "Zieria oreocena". Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  3. "Zieria oreocena". APNI. Retrieved 22 July 2019.