Phlebocarya pilosissima

Phlebocarya pilosissima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Haemodoraceae
Genus: Phlebocarya
Species:
P. pilosissima
Binomial name
Phlebocarya pilosissima
Synonyms[3]

Phlebocarya ciliata var. pilosissima F.Muell.

Phlebocarya pilosissima is a plant in the Haemodoraceae family,[1] native to Western Australia.[3]

Description

Phlebocarya pilosissima has flattened to terete leaves. The leaf blade is 14-35 cm by 0.6-2 mm.[4] Leaf surfaces can be smooth to densely covered with sharp rigid bristly hairs (and on the margins).[4] The flower heads vary from being about half as long to longer than the leaves.[4] The scape is hairy and the bracts have branched hairs along the margin, while the pedicels are densely hairy.[4] The style is trifid and there are three stigmas.[4]

Taxonomy & etymology

The plant was first described as Phlebocarya ciliata var pilosissima by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1873,[1][5] but later in 1873 George Bentham erected it to the species Phlebocarya pilosissima.[1][2] The species epithet, pilosissima, comes from the Latin, pilus ("hair")[6] which gives the adjective, pilosus,[7] and its superlative, pilosissima,[6] thus describing the plant as being the "hairiest".

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Phlebocarya pilosissima". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. ^ a b Bentham, G. (1873). "CXXIII. Amaryllideae". Flora Australiensis. 6: 425 – via BHL.
  3. ^ a b "Phlebocarya pilosissima (F.Muell.) Benth. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e T.D.Macfarlane (2020). "Phlebocarya pilosissima". Flora of Australia. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  5. ^ Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873). "Haemodoraceae". Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 8 (59): 23 – via BHL.
  6. ^ a b Stearn, William T. (2004), Botanical Latin, Timber Press, p. 467, 98, OL 4013730W, Wikidata Q101497897
  7. ^ "pilosus,-a,-um". www.plantillustrations.org. Retrieved 10 April 2021.


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