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Species of flowering plant

Lawrencia densiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Lawrencia
Species: L. densiflora
Binomial name
Lawrencia densiflora
(Baker f.) Melville
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms

Plagianthus densiflorus Baker f.

Lawrencia densiflora is a species of plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia

Description

L. densiflora is a perennial shrub/herb, growing to a height from 0.07 to 0.6 m. The stems are hairy. The leaves are irregularly lobed, 10 to 40 mm long and 5 to 20 mm wide, with stellate hairs. The flowers have both a calyx and a corolla, and are yellow to cream and seen between July and October.

Habitat

It grows on limestone and sandy or clayey soils, and is found in dry watercourses, claypans, salty depressions and limestone ridges.

Distribution

It is found in Beard's Eremaean Province and in the IBRA regions of Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara and Yalgoo.

Taxonomy

L. densiflora was first described as Plagianthus densiflorus by Baker in 1892, and in 1967, was redescribed by Melville who assigned it to the genus, Lawrencia, with the plant thereby becoming Lawrencia densiflora.

References

  1. ^ "Florabase: Lawrencia densiflora". Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  2. ^ Melville, R. 1967. Contributions to the Flora of Australia: VII. Generic delimitation in the Plagianthus complex. Kew Bulletin 20(3): 514
  3. Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. "Plants of the World online: Lawrencia densiflora synonyms". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  4. "AVH: Lawrencia densiflora (occurrence map)". Australasian Virtual Herbarium. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  5. "APNI: Plagianthus densiflorus". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  6. Baker, E.G. 1892. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 30: 72
  7. "APNI: Lawrencia densiflora". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
Taxon identifiers
Lawrencia densiflora


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