Biology:Gyrostemon subnudus

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Short description: Species of plant

Gyrostemon subnudus
Gyrostemon subnudus (female) - Flickr - Kevin Thiele (1).jpg
female
Gyrostemon subnudus (male) - Flickr - Kevin Thiele.jpg
male
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Gyrostemonaceae
Genus: Gyrostemon
Species:
G. subnudus
Binomial name
Gyrostemon subnudus
(Nees) Baill.[1][2]

Gyrostemon subnudus is a plant in the family, Gyrostemonaceae.[1][2] It was first described as Amperea subnuda in 1848 by Nees von Esenbeck,[1][3] and transferred to the genus, Gyrostemon in 1873 by Henri Ernest Baillon.[1][2]

It is native to the south-west of Western Australia.[4]

Description

Gyrostemon subnudus is a tangled, many branched shrub which grows up to 2 m.[5] The branchlets are slender and often leafless.[5] Old stems may be corky.[5] The leaves are scattered and terete, and about 10-35 mm long.[5] There are male and female flowers which are axillary and solitary.[5] The orange-brown seeds are round to oblong, and ridged.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Gyrostemon subnudus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/105236. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Baillon, H.E. (1873). "PHYTOLACCACÉES.". Histoire des Plantes 4: 42. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30091544. 
  3. Klotzsch, J.F. (1848). Lehmann, J.G.C.. ed. "Euphorbiaceae". Plantae Preissianae 2 ((2-3)): 229. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/499050. 
  4. "AVH: Gyrostemon subnudus occurrence data". https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Gyrostemon+subnudus#tab_mapView. Retrieved 2021-03-21. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 A.S.George (2020). "Gyrostemon subnudus". Flora of Australia. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Gyrostemon%20subnudus. Retrieved 2021-03-21. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q17245654 entry