Biology:Dodonaea petiolaris
| Dodonaea petiolaris | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Dodonaea |
| Species: | D. petiolaris
|
| Binomial name | |
| Dodonaea petiolaris F.Muell.[1]
| |
Dodonaea petiolaris is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is an erect, dioecious shrub with simple, broadly lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves, flowers arranged in panicles, the flowers usually with five sepals and six to ten stamens, and glabrous capsules with three wings.
Description
Dodonaea petiolarisis an erect, dioecious shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in). Its leaves are simple, broadly lance-shaped to egg-shaped, 25–45 mm (0.98–1.77 in) long, 8–25 mm (0.31–0.98 in) wide on a petiole 7.5–14 mm (0.30–0.55 in) long and often grass-like and wavy. The flowers are arranged in panicles on the ends of branches, each flower on a pedicel usually 2.5–5.5 mm (0.098–0.217 in) long, with five linear sepals, 1.2–2.5 mm (0.047–0.098 in) long and six to ten stamens. The ovary is glabrous and the fruit is an oblong to elliptical, inflated three-winged capsule usually 16–30 mm (0.63–1.18 in) long and 12–25 mm (0.47–0.98 in) wide with membranous wings 1.5–4 mm (0.059–0.157 in) wide.[2][3]
Taxonomy
Dodonaea petiolaris was first formally described in 1862 by Ferdinand von Mueller in his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected near the Darling River.[4][5] The specific epithet (petiolaris) means 'having a petiole'.[6]
Distribution and habitat
This species of Dodonaea grows on rocky hills, and gibber plains in dry and semi-arid areas of central and northern Western Australia,[7] the Northern Territory,[8] and in north-western New South Wales[3] and south-western Queensland.[2]
References
- ↑ "Dodonaea petiolaris". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/72184.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 West, Judith G.. "Dodonaea petiolaris". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Dodonaea%20petiolaris.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wilson, Peter J.; Scott, James A.. "Dodonaea petiolaris". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Dodonaea~petiolaris.
- ↑ "Dodonaea petiolaris". Australian Plant Name Index. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/483631.
- ↑ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1862). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 13. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7220#page/14/mode/1up. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ↑ George, Alex; Sharr, Francis (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 275. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ↑ "Dodonaea petiolaris". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/4773.
- ↑ "Dodonaea petiolaris". Northern Territory Government. https://eflora.nt.gov.au/factsheet?id=5368.
Wikidata ☰ Q5287987 entry
 |  |
