Biology:Corchorus walcottii

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Short description: Species of plant

Corchorus walcottii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Corchorus
Species:
C. walcottii
Binomial name
Corchorus walcottii
F.Muell.

Corchorus walcottii, commonly known as woolly corchorus, is a shrub species in the family Malvaceae. It is endemic to Australia. Plants grow to 1.2 metres high and produce yellow flowers between June and November in the species' native range.[1]

The species was first formally described in 1862 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in the third volume of his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Mueller's description was based on plant material collected by Pemberton Walcott from Hearson Island (probably Dampier Island), Nickol Bay (near present-day Karratha).[2][3]

The species occurs in Western Australia,[1] the Northern Territory[4] and the north-west of South Australia.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5169835 entry