Biology:Maireana turbinata
| Maireana turbinata | |
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| Near the Gunbar-Booligal Road | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Maireana |
| Species: | M. turbinata
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| Binomial name | |
| Maireana turbinata Paul G.Wilson[1]
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Maireana turbinata, commonly known as satiny bluebush,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to mainland Australia. It is an openly branched, perennial shrub with woolly branchlets, succulent, semiterete leaves, mostly bisexual flowers arranged singly, and a glabrous fruiting perianth with a top-shaped tube with a more or less horizontal wing.
Description
Maireana turbinata is an openly branched, perennial shrub that typically grows up to 60 cm (24 in) high and has branchlets covered with white, woolly hairs. The leaves are arranged alternately, succulent and semiterete, 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) long, with white, woolly hairs pressed against the surface. The flowers are bisexual and arranged singly with woolly lobes. The fruiting perianth is glabrous or with woolly lobes at the edges, golden brown when dry, with a top-shaped, smooth, glossy tube and a horizontal wing about 15–20 mm (0.59–0.79 in) in diameter.[2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy
Maireana turbinata was first formally described in 1975 by Paul Graham Wilson in the journal Nuytsia from specimens he collected 80 km (50 mi) south of Rawlinna on the Nullarbor Plain in 1968.[3][6] The specific epithet (turbinata) means 'top-shaped', referring to the fruit.[7]
Distribution and habitat
Maireana turbinata is widespread in mainland Australia where it usually grows in heavier, often reddish soils. It occurs in central Queensland, western New South Wales, north-western Victoria, South Australia, south-eastern Western Australia and the south of the Northern Territory.[2][3][4][5][8][9]
References
- ↑ "Maireana turbinata". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/58236.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Jacobs, Surrey Wilfrid Laurance. "Maireana turbinata". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Maireana~turbinata.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Wilson, Paul G. (1975). "A Taxonomic Revision of the genus Maireana (Chenopodiaceae).". Nuytsia 2 (1): 34–35. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/224116#page/40/mode/1up. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wilson, Paul G.. "Maireana turbinata". 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%20turbinata.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Walsh, Neville G.. "Maireana turbinata". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/806fefd6-562f-4d3c-99cc-0289de237b91.
- ↑ "Maireana turbinata". APNI. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/461988.
- ↑ George, Alex S.; Sharr, Francis A. (2023). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings - A Glossary (fifth ed.). Kardinya: Four Gables Press. p. 342. ISBN 9780645629538.
- ↑ "Maireana turbinata". Northern Territory Government. https://eflora.nt.gov.au/factsheet?id=13522.
- ↑ "Maireana turbinata". Seeds of South Australia. https://spapps.environment.sa.gov.au/SeedsOfSA/speciesinformation.html?rid=2820.
Wikidata ☰ Q17245321 entry
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