Lawrencia densiflora
Topic: Biology
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Lawrencia |
| Species: | L. densiflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Lawrencia densiflora | |
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Plagianthus densiflorus Baker f. | |
Lawrencia densiflora is a species of plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia[1][4]
Description
L. densiflora is a perennial shrub/herb, growing to a height from 0.07 to 0.6 m.[1] The stems are hairy.[1] The leaves are irregularly lobed, 10 to 40 mm long and 5 to 20 mm wide, with stellate hairs.[1] The flowers have both a calyx and a corolla, and are yellow to cream and seen between July and October.[1]
Habitat
It grows on limestone and sandy or clayey soils, and is found in dry watercourses, claypans, salty depressions and limestone ridges.[1]
Distribution
It is found in Beard's Eremaean Province and in the IBRA regions of Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara and Yalgoo.[1]
Taxonomy
L. densiflora was first described as Plagianthus densiflorus by Baker in 1892,[5][6] and in 1967, was redescribed by Melville who assigned it to the genus, Lawrencia, with the plant thereby becoming Lawrencia densiflora.[7][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Florabase: Lawrencia densiflora". Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/4953.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Melville, R. 1967. Contributions to the Flora of Australia: VII. Generic delimitation in the Plagianthus complex. Kew Bulletin 20(3): 514
- ↑ Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. "Plants of the World online: Lawrencia densiflora synonyms". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:561282-1.
- ↑ "AVH: Lawrencia densiflora (occurrence map)". Australasian Virtual Herbarium. http://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Lawrencia++densiflora#tab_mapView.
- ↑ "APNI: Plagianthus densiflorus". Australian Plant Name Index. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/instance/apni/468562.
- ↑ Baker, E.G. 1892. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 30: 72
- ↑ "APNI: Lawrencia densiflora". Australian Plant Name Index. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/instance/apni/529992.
Wikidata ☰ Q17580125 entry
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