Английская Википедия:Hibbertia malleolacea
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Hibbertia malleolacea is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the northern parts of the Northern Territory. It is a straggly shrub with hairy foliage, elliptic leaves, and yellow flowers arranged in leaf axils with 28 to 32 stamens arranged in bundles around three carpels.
Description
Hibbertia malleolacea is a straggly shrub with few branches and that typically grows to a height of up to Шаблон:Cvt high, the foliage covered with rosette-like hairs. The leaves are elliptic to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a petiole Шаблон:Cvt long. The flowers are arranged at the ends of branches on a thread-like peduncle Шаблон:Cvt long, with linear to lance-shaped bracts Шаблон:Cvt long. The five sepals are joined at the base, the two outer sepal lobes Шаблон:Cvt long and the inner lobes Шаблон:Cvt long. The five petals are broadly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, yellow, Шаблон:Cvt long and there are 28 to 32 stamens arranged in bundles around the three carpels, each carpel with two ovules. Flowering occurs from December to June.[1]
Taxonomy
Hibbertia malleolacea was first formally described in 2010 by Hellmut R. Toelken in the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens from specimens collected near Jabiru in 1980.[1][2] The specific epithet (malleolacea) means "like a mallet", referring to the shape of the peduncle.[1]
Distribution and habitat
This hibbertia grows in sandstone crevices in heath on the Arnhem Land Plateau.[1][3]
Conservation status
Hibbertia malleolacea is classified as of "least concern" under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976.[3]
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