Английская Википедия:Androcalva inglewoodensis

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Androcalva inglewoodensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Queensland. It is a spreading, prostrate shrub that has hairy young branchlets, egg-shaped to elliptic leaves with irregularly serrated edges, and small groups of white to cream-coloured flowers.

Description

Androcalva inglewoodensis is a spreading, prostrate shrub that typically grows to Шаблон:Cvt high and Шаблон:Cvt wide, its young branchlets covered with white, star-shaped hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped to elliptic, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a petiole Шаблон:Cvt long with minute stipules Шаблон:Cvt long at the base, but that fall off as the leaf matures. There are 6 to 10 pairs of irregular teeth Шаблон:Cvt long on the edges of the leaves, and the lower surface is densely covered with white, star-shaped hairs. The flowers are arranged singly or in groups of up to 3 on a peduncle less than Шаблон:Cvt long, each flower on a minute pedicel, with tiny bracts at the base. The flowers are white to cream-coloured and about Шаблон:Cvt in diameter with 5 petal-like sepals covered with star-shaped hairs. The petals are about Шаблон:Cvt long with 3 lobes, the central one oblong with 2 lobes at the tip. Flowering has been observed in February, March and November.[1][2][3]

Taxonomy

This species was first formally described in 2006 by Gordon Guymer who gave it the name Commersonia inglewoodensis in the journal Austrobaileya from specimens collected in Bringalily State Forest in 2006.[4] In 2011, Carolyn Wilkins and Barbara Whitlock transferred the species to Androcalva as A. inglewoodensis in Australian Systematic Botany.[5] The specific epithet (inglewoodensis) refers to the town of Inglewood, near where the species occurs.[2]

Distribution and habitat

Androcalva inglewoodensis is only known from about 50 plants near the type location where it grows in shrubland, woodland and open forest.[1][2]

Conservtion status

Androcalva inglewoodensis is listed as "critically endangered" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992, where it is known as Commersonia inglewoodensis.[3]

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