Английская Википедия:Bossiaea oxyclada
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Bossiaea oxyclada is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect, rigid shrub with flattened branches, cladodes ending with a sharp point, leaves mostly reduced to small scales, and golden yellow and deep red flowers.
Description
Bossiaea oxyclada is an erect, rigid shrub that typically grows to Шаблон:Cvt high, Шаблон:Cvt wide and has flattened branches and cladodes Шаблон:Cvt wide ending in a sharp point. The leaves on older growth are reduced to triangular scales Шаблон:Cvt long. New growth sometimes has more or less round leaves Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a petiole Шаблон:Cvt long with stipules Шаблон:Cvt long at the base. The flowers are arranged singly in nodes on a pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long with overlapping, pinkish-brown bracts up to Шаблон:Cvt long at the base and bracteoles near the middle of the pedicels. The sepals are joined at the base forming a tube Шаблон:Cvt long, the two upper lobes slightly longer than the lower three lobes. The standard petal is golden yellow with a red base, Шаблон:Cvt long, the wings are Шаблон:Cvt long and the keel deep red and Шаблон:Cvt long. Flowering occurs from September to October and the fruit is pod Шаблон:Cvt long.[1][2]
Taxonomy and naming
Bossiaea oxyclada was first formally described in 1853 by Nikolai Turczaninow in the Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou from specimens collected by James Drummond.[3][4] The specific epithet (oxyclada) means "sharp branch".[5]
Distribution and habitat
This bossiaea is found in the western part of the Fitzgerald River National Park in the Esperance Plains and Mallee biogeographic regions, where it grows in a sandplain community with scattered eucalypts.[1][2]
Conservation status
Bossiaea oxyclada is classified as "Priority Four" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife,[1] meaning that it is rare or near threatened.[6]
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