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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Araliaceae |
| Genus: | Trachymene |
| Species: | T. ornata
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| Binomial name | |
| Trachymene ornata | |
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| Synonyms [3] | |
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Trachymene ornata, or spongefruit, is a slender annual herb in the family Araliaceae. [4] It is native to Australia and found in Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales. [5] [4] [6]
Trachymene ornata is an annual herb growing up to 15 centimetres (6 in) high, [5] [4] which has sparsely hairy stems. [5] The sparsely hairy leaves are deeply three-lobed almost to dissected. [5] The inflorescence is an umbel of 3-6 flowers [6] which are bisexual, white or blue, and observed (in NSW) from July to October. [5] The two-carpelled fruits split into two densely woolly mericarps with white (sometimes purplish) hairs. [6]
It grows in rocky places, and in shallow soils [5] [4]
Trachymene ornata was first described by Stephan Endlicher in 1839, [7] [8] and redescribed by Druce in 1917 as belonging to the genus, Trachymene Rudge. [1]
- ^ a b Druce, G.C. 1917. "Nomenclatorial Notes: chiefly African and Australian." The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2: 650
- ^ "APNI: Trachymene ornata". IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ Govaerts, R. et.al. 2018. "Plants of the world online:Trachymene ornata". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d "FloraBase: Trachymene ornata". Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f Hart, J.M. 2002. "PlantNET: Trachymene ornata". National Herbarium of NSW, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ a b c "efloraSA Electronic Flora of South Australia factsheet: Trachymene ornata". Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, Government of South Australia. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "IPNI: Cesatia ornata". International Plant Name Index. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ Endlicher, S.L. 1839. Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte 2 1839 = Stirpium Australasicarum Decades III
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