Biology:Gyrostemon subnudus
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Short description: Species of plant
Gyrostemon subnudus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Gyrostemonaceae |
Genus: | Gyrostemon |
Species: | G. subnudus
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Binomial name | |
Gyrostemon subnudus |
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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Baillon, H.E. (1873). "PHYTOLACCACÉES.". Histoire des Plantes 4: 42. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30091544.
- ↑ Klotzsch, J.F. (1848). Lehmann, J.G.C.. ed. "Euphorbiaceae". Plantae Preissianae 2 ((2-3)): 229. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/499050.
- ↑ "AVH: Gyrostemon subnudus occurrence data". https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Gyrostemon+subnudus#tab_mapView. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ↑ 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
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrostemon subnudus.
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