Английская Википедия:Hakea mitchellii

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Hakea mitchellii, commonly known as desert hakea,[1] is a shrub species in the family Proteaceae.

Description

Hakea mitchellii is a dense rounded medium to large shrub between Шаблон:Convert high and wide and does not form a lignotuber. Leaves vary from terete, linear to ovate are Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. Profuse showy white or cream flowers appear in racemes in the leaf axils between October and January in the species' native range. Ellipsoidal to ovoid shaped fruit Шаблон:Convert long by Шаблон:Convert wide tapering to a small beak.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy and naming

The species was first formally described in 1856 by Swiss botanist Carl Meissner and the description was published in Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.[5][6] The type specimen was collected near Pyramid Hill during Thomas Livingston Mitchell's 1836 expedition.[4][7] Hakea mitchellii was named after Mitchell to honour the collector of the species.[3]

Distribution and habitat

Desert hakea grows in mallee-heath vegetation on calcareous sandy soil. Mainly a South Australian species occurring on Eyre, Yorke and Fleurieu Peninsulas, Kangaroo Island and south of the Murray River to Naracoorte, extending into western Victoria.[4][3]

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