Eremophila cuneata

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Eremophila cuneata

Conservation status

Priority One — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Lamiales
Family:  | Scrophulariaceae
Genus:  | Eremophila
Species:  |

E. cuneata

Binomial name
Eremophila cuneata

Chinnock[1]

Eremophila cuneata is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to the Shark Bay area of Western Australia. It is a rarely-seen, small shrub with wedge-shaped leaves and white to cream-coloured flowers.

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Taxonomy and naming
* 3 Distribution and habitat
* 4 Conservation status
* 5 References

## Description

Eremophila cuneata is a low shrub with many tangled, lumpy branches with sticky tips, growing to a height of about 1 m (3 ft). The leaves are arranged alternately along the stems and are 9.5–23 mm (0.4–0.9 in) long, about 5–10 mm (0.2–0.4 in) wide, thick, fleshy and wedge-shaped.[2][3]

The flowers are only known from one immature flower on the type specimen. Flowers are apparently borne singly in leaf axils on a stalk 2.5–5.5 mm (0.1–0.2 in) long. There are 5 narrow triangular sepals which are 1.5–2 mm (0.06–0.08 in) long. The petals are 2–3 mm (0.08–0.1 in) long and joined at their lower end to form a short tube so that the flowers resemble those in the genus Myoporum. The petal tube is white or cream-coloured and glabrous. The 4 stamens are fully enclosed within the tube. Flowering occurs from November to December and is followed by fruits which are fleshy, oval-shaped to almost spherical and 6–7 millimetres (0.2–0.3 in) long.[2][3]

## Taxonomy and naming

The species was first formally described by Robert Chinnock in 2007 and the description was published in Eremophila and Allied Genera: A Monograph of the Plant Family Myoporaceae. The type specimen was collected by Malcolm Trudgen near Steep Point.[4] The specific epithet (cuneata) is a Latin word meaning "wedge-shaped", referring to the shape of the leaves.[2][3]

## Distribution and habitat

Eremophila cuneata is known from only three plants seen by Malcolm Trudgen in the Steep Point area growing below limestone outcrops in calcareous sand[3] in the Yalgoo biogeographic region.[5][6]

## Conservation status

Eremophila cuneata is classified as "Priority One" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife,[5] meaning that it is known from only one or a few locations which are potentially at risk.[7]

## References

1. ↑ "Eremophila cuneata". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/207378. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chinnock, R.J. (Bob) (2007). Eremophila and allied genera : a monograph of the plant family Myoporaceae (1st ed.). Dural, NSW: Rosenberg. pp. 194–195. ISBN 9781877058165.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Brown, Andrew; Buirchell, Bevan (2011). A field guide to the eremophilas of Western Australia (1st ed.). Hamilton Hill, W.A.: Simon Nevill Publications. p. 72. ISBN 9780980348156.
4. ↑ "Eremophila cuneata". APNI. http://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/207378. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Eremophila cuneata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/14196.
6. ↑ Paczkowska, Grazyna; Chapman, Alex R. (2000). The Western Australian flora : a descriptive catalogue. Perth: Wildflower Society of Western Australia. p. 334. ISBN 0646402439.
7. ↑ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna". Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/images/documents/plants-animals/threatened-species/Listings/Conservation code definitions.pdf. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

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