Biology:Adenanthos meisneri

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Short description: Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to the south-west of Western Australia

Adenanthos meisneri
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Adenanthos
Section: Adenanthos sect. Adenanthos
Species:
A. meisneri
Binomial name
Adenanthos meisneri
Lehm. ex Meisn.[1]

Adenanthos meisneri, commonly known as prostrate woollybush, is a species of shrub in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.[2]

Description

It usually grows to 1 metre high and has leaves are up to 80 mm in length and about 7 mm wide. The flowers appear predominantly between September and December in the species' native range. These have a red-purple to pale violet perianth (up to 30 mm long) and glandular hairs. The style is up to 40 mm long.[2]

Etymology

The species was first formally described in 1845 by botanist Johann Lehmann in Plantae Preissianae[1] The type specimen was collected from the foot of the Darling Scarp by Ludwig Preiss in 1839.[1]

It is susceptible to Phytophthora cinnamomi dieback.[3]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4682207 entry