Biology:Scaevola canescens
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| Scaevola canescens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Scaevola |
| Species: | S. canescens
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| Scaevola canescens | |
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Dampiera canescens (Benth.) de Vriese | |
Scaevola canescens is a species of plant in the family Goodeniaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia where it occurs "from Shark Bay to Perth, in open forest and heath in sandy soil".[1]
Description
Scaevola canescens (grey scaevola)[4] is a shrub growing up to 60 centimetres (24 in) high.[1] It has sessile, entire, oblong to oblanceolate leaves which are 12–85 millimetres (0.47–3.35 in) long and 4–15 millimetres (0.16–0.59 in) wide[1] and densely hairy.[4] It flowers from March to October[4] in axillary spikes up to 10 centimetres (3.9 in) long, the corolla is bearded, and white with brownish veins.[1] The fruit is usually one-seeded.[1]
Distribution
It grows in the IBRA regions: Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, and Yalgoo.
Etymology
The specific epithet is Latin:
canescens,-entis (part.B): canescent, “grayish-white. A term applied to hairy surfaces” (Lindley[5]); “hoary with gray pubescence” (Fernald 1950[6]); becoming gray, grayish; in mosses, hoary due to the collective hyaline hair points on the apices of leaves.[7]
Taxonomy
S. canescens was first described by George Bentham in 1837.[2] A holotype (W0047196) was collected by von Hügel at King Georges Sound, and is kept at Naturhistorisches Museum Wien Botanische Abteilung (W).[8] The earliest Australian record (MEL 1521288A) was collected by J.A.L. Preiss on April 15, 1839, somewhere in the vicinity of Perth.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Carolin, R.C. (1992). "Scaevola canescens". Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 35. http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=49681. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bentham, G. 1837. in Endlicher, S.F.L., Fenzl, E., Bentham, G. & Schott, H.W. Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad Fluvium Cygnorum et in Sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus liber baro de Hügel, p. 69
- ↑ Govaerts, R.. "Scaevola canescens". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:384165-1. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Scaevola canescens". Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/7603. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ↑ Lindley, J. 1849. ed. 6. The Elements of Botany, Structural, Physiological, & Medical: Being a 6th Ed. of the Outline of the First Principles of Botany, with a Sketch of the Artificial Methods of Classification, and a Glossary of Technical Terms.
- ↑ Fernald, M.L. (revised). 1950. Gray's Manual of Botany. Ed. 8. American Book Co., New York.
- ↑ Eckel, P.M.. "A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin". Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.mobot.org/mobot/latindict/keyDetail.aspx?keyWord=canescens. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- ↑ JSTOR Global Plants: Holotype of Scaevola canescens Benth.. https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.w0047196?searchUri=filter%3Dname%26so%3Dps_group_by_genus_species%2Basc%26Query%3Dscaevola%2Bcanescens. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ↑ "Occurrence record: MEL 1521288A". http://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/58733167-4ec7-4d1b-83fe-6998091ad212.
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