Английская Википедия:Darwinia briggsiae

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Darwinia briggsiae is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with linear-shaped leaves and small groups of pink and white flowers.

Description

Darwinia briggsiae is an erect shrub which grows to a height of Шаблон:Convert. It has glabrous, linear leaves Шаблон:Convert long, about Шаблон:Convert wide with a dished upper surface. The flowers are arranged in groups of up to six, each with a stalk Шаблон:Convert long in a leaf axil. The floral cup is about Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert in diameter with five ribs. The sepals are triangular and about Шаблон:Convert long, the petals Шаблон:Convert long and all are slightly notched on the upper end. The style is Шаблон:Convert and protrudes from the flower tube. Flowering occurs from September to March.[1][2]

Taxonomy and naming

Darwinia briggsiae was first formally described in 1991 by Lyndley Craven and S.R.Jones and the description was published in Australian Systematic Botany.[3][4] The specific epithet (briggsiae) is in recognition of Australian botanist Barbara G. Briggs.[5]

Distribution and habitat

This darwinia grows in heath and she-oak thickets in the Budawang Range and at Macquarie Pass.[2]

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