Английская Википедия:Diocirea ternata

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Diocirea ternata is a plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to a small area near Balladonia in Western Australia. It is a low shrub with a restricted distribution but which often occurs in large numbers, forming a dense ground cover. It is readily distinguished from the other three species in the genus by its unusual leaf arrangement.

Description

Diocirea ternata is a shrub with many stems and which sometimes grows to a height of Шаблон:Convert and spreads to a width of Шаблон:Convert. Its branches have many raised resin glands and the leaves are arranged in rings of three around the stems. The leaves are mostly Шаблон:Convert long, about Шаблон:Convert wide, egg-shaped tapering to a point and sticky due to the presence of resin.[1]

The flowers are borne singly in leaf axils and lack a stalk. There are 5 egg-shaped, pointed green sepals with hairs on their edges. The petals are white, sometimes pale violet at first, and are joined to form a tube Шаблон:Convert long with lobes which are about Шаблон:Convert long. The lobes are spotted purple near the centre of the flower and the tube is mostly glabrous except for a few hairs on the lower lobe. There are 4 stamens which extend slightly beyond the petal tube. The fruit that follows flowering is a flattened oval shape, Шаблон:Convert with a crusty brown covering.[1]

Taxonomy and naming

Diocirea ternata was first formally described by taxonomist Bob Chinnock in Eremophila and allied genera: a monograph of the plant family Myoporaceae in 2007[2][1] from a specimen collected Шаблон:Convert west of Balladonia. The specific epithet is derived from "Latin ternata, in threes; referring to the whorled leaves".[1]

Distribution and habitat

Diocirea ternata has a restricted distribution in a small area near Balladonia in the Coolgardie biogeographic region where it grows in woodland on clay loam.[3][4] Although the distribution is limited, in some places there is an almost continuous ground cover with thousands of individual plants.[1]

Conservation

Diocirea ternata has been classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.[3]

References

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  4. Шаблон:Cite book