Biology:Scaevola platyphylla

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Short description: Species of shrub

Scaevola platyphylla
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Scaevola
Species:
S. platyphylla
Binomial name
Scaevola platyphylla
Lindl.[1][2]
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Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
Synonyms[3]

Lobelia platyphylla (Labill.) Kuntze
Molkenboeria platyphylla (Lindl.) de Vriese
Molkenboeria semiamplexicaulis (DC.) de Vriese
Scaevola semiamplexicaulis DC.

Scaevola platyphylla, commonly known as broad-leaved fanflower, is a shrub in the family Goodeniaceae. It is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. Plants grow to between 0.3 and 1.3 metres high and have blue to purple flowers that appear between August and January in their native range.[4]

The species was formally described in 1839 by English botanist John Lindley in A sketch of the vegetation of the Swan River Colony.[1][2]

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References

Wikidata ☰ Q7429634 entry