Biology:Hakea trineura

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Short description: Species of shrub of the family Proteaceae endemic to Queensland Australia

Hakea trineura
Hakea trineura latebud.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Hakea
Species:
H. trineura
Binomial name
Hakea trineura
(F.Muell.)F.Muell.[1]

Hakea trineura is a flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Queensland. The branches and leaves are covered with rusty hairs and the pendulous flowers are greenish-yellow.

Description

Hakea trineura is a multi-stemmed shrub growing to 1–3 m (3–10 ft) high and forms a lignotuber. The branchlets and new leaf growth have flattened, brown, short soft silky hairs, or are smooth. The leaves grow on a petiole about 1–2.5 cm (0.39–0.98 in) long. They are narrowly elliptic to egg-shaped 7–20 cm (3–8 in) long by 1.3–7 cm (0.5–3 in) wide with three distinct longitudinal veins. The leaves narrow gradually to the apex ending either with a sharp point or rounded. The inflorescence consists of 60-80 greenish-yellow flowers on a smooth or with sparsely flattened soft hairs on a rachis up to 40–70 mm (2–3 in) long. The mid-green pedicel 2.3–3 mm (0.09–0.1 in) long and smooth. The deep yellow perianths are 7–8.5 mm (0.3–0.3 in) long and are smooth or with a few hairs when in bud. The styles are mid-green and the pistil 18–26 mm (0.71–1.02 in) long. Flowering occurs from May to September and the fruit are smooth, obliquely egg-shaped 2–4 cm (0.8–2 in) long by 1.5–2 cm (0.6–0.8 in) wide and slightly curved.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy and naming

Hakea trineura was first formally described in 1868 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Grevillea trineura and published the description in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.[5][6] In 1868 Mueller changed the name to Hakea trineura.[7] It is said to be named from the Greek trineura referring to the three-veined leaves.[2] Trineura is however not attested in ancient Greek.[8]

Distribution and habitat

Hakea trineura is restricted to the Maryborough to Rockhampton area of Queensland. It grows in hilly eucalyptus woodland over hummock grasslands. It is a quick growing shrub in tropical areas.[2][3]

Conservation status

Hakea trineura is listed as "vulnerable" by the Australian Department of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.[3]

References

  1. "Hakea trineura". https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/56769. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Holliday, Ivan (2005). Hakeas:A Field and Garden Guide. Reed New Holland. ISBN 1-877069-14-0. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Fact Sheet:Hakea trineura". Government of South Australia. http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/efsa/lucid/Hakea/key/Australian%20Hakea%20species/Media/Html/Hakea_trineura.htm. 
  4. Barker, Robyn M.; Haegi, Laurence A.; Barker, William R. (1999). Flora of Australia Volume 17B Proteaceae 3 Hakeas to Dryandra. ABRS. ISBN 0-643-06454-0. 
  5. "Grevillea trineura". https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/476671. 
  6. "Grevillea trineura". https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7220#page/155/mode/1up. 
  7. "Hakea trineura". https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search?product=APNI&tree.id=&name=Hakea+trineura&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&inc._cultivar=&inc._other=&max=100&display=apni&search=true. 
  8. Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Wikidata ☰ Q18043051 entry