Biology:Maireana schistocarpa
| Maireana schistocarpa | |
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| In the Fowlers Gap Arid Zone Research Station | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Maireana |
| Species: | M. schistocarpa
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| Binomial name | |
| Maireana schistocarpa Paul G.Wilson[1]
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Maireana schistocarpa, commonly known as split-fruit bluebush,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to arid areas of inland Australia. It is an erect, widely branched subshrub with its branchlets covered with woolly hairs, mostly unisexual flowers and a soft, easily crushed fruiting perianth with a broadly top-shaped tube and a papery wing.
Description
Maireana schistocarpa is an erect, widely branched subshrub that typically grows to a height of 0.5–1 m (1 ft 8 in–3 ft 3 in) and has thin branchlets densely covered with woolly hairs. Its leaves are slender, fleshy, more or less terete, 5–12 mm (0.20–0.47 in) long. The flowers are unisexual, arranged singly and densely covered with woolly hairs, the fruiting perianth is soft and straw-coloured when dry. The tube is broadly top-shaped, about 2 mm (0.079 in) high, thin-walled, easily crushed, with a vertical slit. The wing is papery, horizontal and 12–15 mm (0.47–0.59 in) in diameter.[3][4][5][6]
Taxonomy and naming
Maireana schistocarpa was first formally described in 1975 by Paul Graham Wilson in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected on the Huckitta Cattle Station in 1956.[3][7]
Distribution and habitat
Split-fruit bluebush is found in south-western Queensland, north-western New South Wales, the south-east of the Northern Territory and north-eastern South Australia and occurs on gravelly rises, low hills and breakaways.[4][5][6]
References
- ↑ "Maireana schistocarpa". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/57986.
- ↑ "Maireana schistocarpa". Seeds of South Australia. https://spapps.environment.sa.gov.au/SeedsOfSA/speciesinformation.html?rid=2812.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wilson, Paul G. (1975). "A Taxonomic Revision of the genus Maireana (Chenopodiaceae).". Nuytsia 2 (1): 40–41. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53253965#page/46/mode/1up. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wilson, Paul G.. "Maireana schistocarpa". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra.. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Maireana%20schistocarpa.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Jacobs, Surrey Wilfrid Laurance. "Maireana schistocarpa". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Maireana~schistocarpa.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Maireana schistocarpa". Northern Territory Government. https://eflora.nt.gov.au/factsheet?id=1218.
- ↑ "Maireana schistocarpa". Australian Plant Name Index. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/461496.
Wikidata ☰ Q17246533 entry
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