Английская Википедия:Bossiaea celata

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Bossiaea celata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a compact, many-branched shrub with flattened cladodes, leaves reduced to scales, and yellow to pinkish-red pea-like flowers.

Description

Bossiaea celata is a compact, intricately branched shrub that typically grows up to Шаблон:Cvt high and Шаблон:Cvt wide with foliage that is glaucous when young. The stems are flattened with slightly winged cladodes Шаблон:Cvt wide. The leaves are reduced to egg-shaped scales Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide. The flowers are arranged singly or in pairs, each flower on a pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long with five to seven broadly egg-shaped bracts up to Шаблон:Cvt long. The sepals are joined at the base forming a tube Шаблон:Cvt long, the two upper lobes Шаблон:Cvt long and the three lower lobes slightly longer with an narrow egg-shaped bracteole Шаблон:Cvt long near the base. The standard petal is yellow with a pinkish-red base around two greenish-yellow "eyes" and Шаблон:Cvt long, the wings Шаблон:Cvt long, pinkish-red and orange-yellow, the keel pinkish red and Шаблон:Cvt long. Flowering occurs from September to October and the fruit is an oblong pod Шаблон:Cvt long.[1][2]

Taxonomy and naming

Bossiaea celata was first formally described in 2006 by James Henderson Ross in the journal Muelleria from specimens collected in Boorabbin National Park in 1998.[2][3] The specific epithet (celata) means "concealed", referring to the difficulty of locating specimens of this species.[2]

Distribution and habitat

This bossiaea grows in deep sand in open mallee in the Coolgardie biogeographic region of Western Australia.[1][2]

Conservation status

Bossiaea celata is classified as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife[1] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.[4]

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