| Phlebocarya pilosissima | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Commelinales |
| Family: | Haemodoraceae |
| Genus: | Phlebocarya |
| Species: | P. pilosissima
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| Binomial name | |
| Phlebocarya pilosissima | |
| Synonyms [3] | |
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Phlebocarya ciliata var. pilosissima F.Muell. | |
Phlebocarya pilosissima is a plant in the Haemodoraceae family, [1] native to Western Australia. [3]
Description
Phlebocarya pilosissima has flattened to terete leaves. The leaf blade is 14-35 cm by 0.6-2 mm. [4] Leaf surfaces can be smooth to densely covered with sharp rigid bristly hairs (and on the margins). [4] The flower heads vary from being about half as long to longer than the leaves. [4] The scape is hairy and the bracts have branched hairs along the margin, while the pedicels are densely hairy. [4] The style is trifid and there are three stigmas. [4]
Taxonomy & etymology
The plant was first described as Phlebocarya ciliata var pilosissima by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1873, [1] [5] but later in 1873 George Bentham erected it to the species Phlebocarya pilosissima. [1] [2] The species epithet, pilosissima, comes from the Latin, pilus ("hair") [6] which gives the adjective, pilosus, [7] and its superlative, pilosissima, [6] thus describing the plant as being the "hairiest".
References
- ^ a b c d "Phlebocarya pilosissima". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ a b Bentham, G. (1873). "CXXIII. Amaryllideae". Flora Australiensis. 6: 425 – via BHL.
- ^ a b "Phlebocarya pilosissima (F.Muell.) Benth. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ a b c d e T.D.Macfarlane (2020). "Phlebocarya pilosissima". Flora of Australia. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873). "Haemodoraceae". Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 8 (59): 23 – via BHL.
- ^ a b Stearn, William T. (2004). Botanical Latin. Timber Press. p. 467, 98. ISBN 978-0-7153-1643-6. OL 9380391M. Wikidata Q101497897.
- ^ "pilosus,-a,-um". www.plantillustrations.org. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
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