Biology:Xanthosia pilosa
| Woolly xanthosia | |
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| Xanthosia pilosa at Chatswood West, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Xanthosia |
| Species: | X. pilosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Xanthosia pilosa | |
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Xanthosia pilosa, known as the woolly xanthosia is a species of the plant family Apiaceae, but sometimes also placed in Araliaceae or Mackinlayaceae.[4] It grows in south eastern Australia , in Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.[5] This species is known for the variability of form, which has caused difficulties in identification and taxonomy. The specific epithet pilosa comes from the Latin, meaning softly hairy.[4]
A small shrub up to 65 cm tall, with stems less than 50 cm long. It grows in heathland or eucalyptus forests. Occasionally by streams, but often in rocky or sandy situations.[4]
Leaves are woolly and lobed, and the whitish-green flowers form in spring and summer. The fruit is 2 to 3 mm long, with 7 to 9 ribs on the mericarp.[4]
This plant was collected in Sydney, and first appeared in scientific literature in the year 1810 in the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10: 301, t. 22, fig. 1, authored by the English botanist, Edward Rudge.[4][1][2]
Gallery
Tab 22 Fig 1 (Rudge[2]
Brisbane Waters National Park
Brisbane Waters National Park
Brisbane Waters National Park
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Xanthosia pilosa". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/116041.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rudge, E. (1811), A description of several species of plants from New Holland. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10(2): 301, 22, fig. 1
- ↑ "Xanthosia pilosa Rudge | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:850023-1.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN:978-0-7318-1211-0 page 127
- ↑ "PlantNET - FloraOnline: Xanthosia pilosa". http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Xanthosia~pilosa.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q8043113 entry
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