Correa reflexa var. speciosa

Correa reflexa var. speciosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae
Genus:	Correa
Species:	Correa reflexa
Trinomial name
Correa reflexa var. speciosa Paul G.Wilson[1]
Synonyms
Correa cardinalis F.Muell. ex Hook. Correa speciosa Donn ex Andrews Correa speciosa f. cardinalis (F.Muell. ex Hook.) Siebert & Voss Correa speciosa var. cardinalis (F.Muell. ex Hook.) Stirling

Correa reflexa var. speciosa is a variety of Correa reflexa, a shrub native to Australia.

Description

It grows up to 1.5 metres tall. Its leaves are up to 5 cm long and 30 mm wide and are dark green on the upper surface, while the lower surface is covered with hairs and pale grey.^[2][3] The pendent, tubular flowers are red with pale yellow tips.^[3]

Taxonomy

The subspecies was originally formally described as a species in its own right, Correa speciosa in 1811 in The Botanist's Repository for New and Rare Plants. It was reclassified as subspecies of Correa reflexa by Paul G. Wilson in the botanical journal Nuytsia in 1998^[1]

Hybrids with Correa aemula and Correa reflexa var. scabridula have been recorded where populations intersect.^[3]

Distribution

The subspecies occurs in New South Wales and Victoria in dry sclerophyll woodland and on coastal dunes.^[2][3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Correa reflexa var. speciosa". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=202891. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Correa reflexa var. speciosa (Donn ex Andr.) Paul G.Wilson". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=in&name=Correa~reflexa+var.~speciosa. Retrieved 2009-05-07. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d} Wild Plants of Victoria CD-ROM. Bentleigh East, Victoria: Viridans Biological Databases & Department of Sustainability and Environment. 2003.