Biology:Lawrencia squamata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Lawrencia |
| Species: | L. squamata
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Lawrencia squamata is a species of plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is endemic to Australia [1] and occurs in all Australian states.[4][3] (all mainland states)[5][6]
Description
Lawrencia squamata, thorny lawrencia,[5][1] or fan-leaved lawrencia,[1] is a spiny dioecious shrub/herb, from 0.02 to 1.5 m high.[1] The leaves are scaly and not lobed, 10 to 40 mm long and 5 to 20 mm wide,[1] with peltate scales.[5] The flowers have both a calyx and a corolla, with the corolla being yellow, white, red or purple,.[1] The flowers are axillary.[7] They are seen between August and January in WA,[1] May to November in SA,[7] September to November in Victoria.[5] The stamens are many and united.[1]
Habitat
It grows on clayey soils, and is found fringing saltlakes and salty depressions.[5]
Taxonomy
Lawrencia squamata was first described by Nees von Esenbeck in 1845.[8][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "FloraBase: Lawrencia squamata". Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/4959. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Miquel, F.A.W. 1845. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) Malvaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(2): 242. (the author is Nees as "N. ab E." is given at the end of the description.)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. "Plants of the World online: Lawrencia squamata". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:561288-1. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ↑ "AVH: Lawrencia squamata (occurrence map)". Australasian Virtual Herbarium. https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=lawrencia+squamata#tab_mapView. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "VicFlora Flora of Victoria Lawrencia squamata". Royal Botanic Gardens, Foundation Victoria. https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/7e8b8840-59ba-40af-8728-673e04ec095f. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ↑ Harden, G,.H. 1990. "PlantNET: Lawrencia squamata". National Herbarium of NSW, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Lawrencia~squamata. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "eFloraSA Electronic Flora of South Australia Lawrencia squamata". Government of South Australia, Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&family=&genus=lawrencia&species=squamata&iname=&submit=Display. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ↑ "APNI: Lawrencia squamata". Australian Plant Name Index. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/102194/api/apni-format. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
Wikidata ☰ Q17580119 entry
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