Biology:Arabidella trisecta

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Arabidella trisecta
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Arabidella
Species:
A. trisecta
Binomial name
Arabidella trisecta
(F.Muell.) O.E.Schulz
Synonyms[1]
  • Erysimum trisecta F.Muell.
  • Arabidella trisecta var. hybophora
  • Blennodia trisecta (F.Muell.) Benth.
  • Sisymbrium trisectum F.Muell.

Arabidella trisecta (common name - shrubby cress)[2] is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Brassicaceae.[1] It was first described in 1853 by Ferdinand von Mueller as Erysimum trisecta,[3][4] but was transferred to the genus, Arabidella in 1924 when by Otto Eugen Schulz elevated Mueller's subgenus Arabidella to genus status.[3][5] No type specimen was indicated by Mueller in 1853, and in 1965 Elizabeth A. Shaw specified the lectotype as MEL 758 and a paralectotype MEL 0000778A, both collected by Mueller from Spencers Gulf in South Australia.[6]

Its native range is Australia ,[1] where it is found throughout the mainland[7] in semi-arid regions.[8][2]

It is a woody shrub, growing to 30 cm in height.[2] Its stems are terete, quadrangular or fluted, usually having papillae (little nipple shaped bumps) on the ribs.[2] The leaves are 2 to 3 lobed and do not form a basal rosette. The fruit is typically erect and linear (10–40 mm long, 1 mm wide). It flowers from winter to spring.[2]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15533678 entry