Spyridium ulicinum | |
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In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rhamnaceae |
Genus: | Spyridium |
Species: | S. ulicinum
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Binomial name | |
Spyridium ulicinum | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Spyridium ulicinum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a tall shrub with linear to oblong leaves, and single or small groups of white flowers.
Spyridium ulicinum is an upright, heath-like shrub that typically grows to a height of 2 m (6 ft 7 in) or more, and has many branches. The leaves are linear to oblong, mostly less and arranged singly, in pairs or groups of 3 near the ends of short side-branches with overlapping brown bracts at the base of each flower. The sepals are about 5.3 mm (0.21 in) long, and silky-hairy. [2] [3] [4]
This species was first formally described in 1855 by William Jackson Hooker who gave it the name Cryptandra ulicina and published the description in his journal, The Journal of Botany. [5] [6] In 1863, George Bentham changed the name to Spyridium ulicinum in the Flora Australiensis. [7] The specific epithet (ulicinum) means " Ulex-like". [8]
Spyridium ulicinum is widespread but not common and grows in woodland in Tasmania. [3] [4]
Spyridium ulicinum | |
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In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rhamnaceae |
Genus: | Spyridium |
Species: | S. ulicinum
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Binomial name | |
Spyridium ulicinum | |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
Spyridium ulicinum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a tall shrub with linear to oblong leaves, and single or small groups of white flowers.
Spyridium ulicinum is an upright, heath-like shrub that typically grows to a height of 2 m (6 ft 7 in) or more, and has many branches. The leaves are linear to oblong, mostly less and arranged singly, in pairs or groups of 3 near the ends of short side-branches with overlapping brown bracts at the base of each flower. The sepals are about 5.3 mm (0.21 in) long, and silky-hairy. [2] [3] [4]
This species was first formally described in 1855 by William Jackson Hooker who gave it the name Cryptandra ulicina and published the description in his journal, The Journal of Botany. [5] [6] In 1863, George Bentham changed the name to Spyridium ulicinum in the Flora Australiensis. [7] The specific epithet (ulicinum) means " Ulex-like". [8]
Spyridium ulicinum is widespread but not common and grows in woodland in Tasmania. [3] [4]