Biology:Sclerolaena bicornis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Sclerolaena |
| Species: | S. bicornis
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Sclerolaena bicornis, commonly known as goathead burr, is a perennial shrub in the Amaranthaceae family, native to inland Australia, and found in Queensland, the Northern Territory, South Australia, New South Wales, and Western Australia[1]
It was first described by John Lindley in 1838 in Thomas Mitchell's Three Expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia.[1][2] The species epithet, bicornis, is derived from Latin bis ("twice") and cornu (''horn"),[3] and describes the plant as having two-horned burrs.
Description
Sclerolaena bicornis is a complexly branched shrub , growing up to 50 cm high. The branches are white and woolly, with widely spaced, slender, semi-terete leaves. The flowers are solitary, with a densely woolly perianth. Stamens 5. The fruiting perianth is woody with a thick white woolly covering expcept for the final part of the spines.[4]
The Walmajarri people, who know the plant as Paka, avoid this plant because it causes bad sores, but they use the burrs to lance boils.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jacobs, S. W. L. (1999). "Sclerolaena bicornis". PlantNet - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Sclerolaena~bicornis. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 , 2, p. 47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56306132, Wikidata Q6146213
- ↑ "bicornis,-is,-e". http://www.plantillustrations.org/epithet.php?id_epithet=213767.
- ↑ Paul G.Wilson (2020). "Sclerolaena bicornis". Flora of Australia. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Sclerolaena%20bicornis. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ↑ , pp. 84, Wikidata Q106088428
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q15555141 entry
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