Biology:Gynatrix pulchella

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Short description: Dioecious flowering shrub in the family Malvaceae, endemic to south-east Australia

Hemp bush
Gynatrix pulchella at Mount Waverley, Victoria
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Gynatrix
Species:
G. pulchella
Binomial name
Gynatrix pulchella
(Willd.) Alef.[1]
Synonyms[2]

Abutilon pulchellum (Willd.) Sweet
Abutilon pulchrum (Bertero ex Colla) G.Don
Napaea pulchella (Willd.) Alef.
Plagianthus pulchellus (Willd.) A.Gray
Plagianthus pulchellus var. tomentosus Rodway
Plagianthus tasmanicus (Hook.f.) Benth.
Plagianthus tasmanicus A.Gray
Sida pulchella Willd.
Sida pulchra Bertero ex Colla
Sida tasmanica Hook.f.

Gynatrix pulchella, the hemp bush or Aboriginal hemp, is a dioecious flowering shrub in the family Malvaceae, endemic to south-east Australia .[3] It grows to 3 metres in height and has white or cream flowers. The species occurs in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Tasmania.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Gynatrix pulchella". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=GYNATRIX+PULCHELLA. 
  2. ↑ "Gynatrix pulchella (Willd.) Alef.". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1132047-2. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "The Gynatrix Page". Malvacae Info. http://www.malvaceae.info/Genera/Gynatrix/Gynatrix.html. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5625176 entry




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