Biology:Trachymene ochracea
Trachymene ochracea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Araliaceae |
Genus: | Trachymene |
Species: | T. ochracea
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Binomial name | |
Trachymene ochracea |
Trachymene ochracea (common names white parsnip, wild parsnip, yellow parsnip) is a herb in the family Araliaceae.[3] It is native to Australia and found in New South Wales and Queensland.[3]
Description
Trachymene ochracea is an erect herb growing up to 75 centimetres (30 in) high. The leaves are consist of 3-5 deeply dissected lobes on stalks (petioles) up to 10 cm long. The inflorescences are umbels borne on dichasial cymes. The umbels have 30 to 60 flowers, are from 7 mm to 18 mm in diameter on stalks (peduncles) which are 3 to 8 cm long and are glandular-hairy near the stalk base. The flowers are bisexual, with white petals (pink in bud). The ovary has two locules.[3]
The plant is prolific after rain, growing in mulga and mallee communities on red earths and on sand.[3]
Taxonomy
Trachymene ochracea was first described by Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson in 1962, from a specimen collected west of the Paroo River, in New South Wales, near Hungerford by J.L. Boorman in October 1912 (NSW 54006).[1][2]
Etymology
The species epithet, ochracea, is the Latin adjective, ochraceus,-a,-um which means "ovhre-yellow" or "yellowish-brown".[4]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Trachymene ochracea". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/75555.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Johnson, L.A.S. (1962). Anderson, R.H.. ed. "Taxonomic notes on Australian plants". Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 3 (3): 101.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Hart, J.M. (2002). "PlantNET - FloraOnline: Trachymene ochracea". http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Trachymene~ochracea.
- ↑ Stearn, W.T.. Botanical Latin (4 ed.). Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 455. ISBN 9780881926279.
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