Biology:Stackhousia viminea
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Short description: Species of plant
Slender Stackhousia | |
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Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Celastrales |
Family: | Celastraceae |
Genus: | Stackhousia |
Species: | S. viminea
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Binomial name | |
Stackhousia viminea |
Stackhousia viminea the Slender Stackhousia is a common small Australia plant. It grows to 70 cm tall. The habitat is heathland, pastures, eucalyptus woodland and forest, usually in moist areas. It features attractive yellowish/red flowers. The specific epithet viminea refers to the slender stems. The genus is named after the botanist and artist, John Stackhouse.[1]
First collected at Sydney by John White. And described a few years later by the prolific English botanist James Smith.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q7595979 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stackhousia viminea.
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