Stylidium tenerrimum

Taxobox


image_caption =
status = DD
status_ref = Bean, A.R. (2000). A revision of "Stylidium" subg. "Andersonia" (R.Br. ex G.Don) Mildbr. (Stylidiaceae). "Austrobaileya" 5(4): 589-649.]
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Stylidiaceae
genus = "Stylidium"
subgenus = "Andersonia"
sectio = "Alsinoida"
species = "S. tenerrimum"
binomial = "Stylidium tenerrimum"
binomial_authority = F.Muell. 1859
synonyms ="Candollea tenerrima" (F.Muell.) F.Muell. "S. evolutum" Carlquist 1978 "S. mitrasacmoides" F.Muell.

"Stylidium tenerrimum" is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus "Stylidium" (family Stylidiaceae). It is an erect annual plant that grows from 4 to 30 cm tall. Linear, oblanceolate, or deltate leaves, about 5-24 per plant, are scattered along the stems. The leaves are generally 1.2-4.8 mm long and 0.3-0.8 mm wide. This species lacks a scape but has cymose inflorescences that are 4-11 cm long. Flowers are white and red. "S. tenerrimum" is found around Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia and the Victoria River, though it hasn't been recollected there since the type location was chosen. Its typical habitat is sandy soils that remain moist, associated with grasses and sedges. It flowers in the southern hemisphere from April to August. "S. tenerrimum" is most closely related to "S. alsinoides", though it differs by its asymmetrical petals. In his revision of the subgenus "Andersonia" in 2000, A.R. Bean placed "S. evolutum" into synonymy and noted that the type specimen of "S. mitrasacmoides" was not located and thus the application of this synonym is not certain.

See also

* List of "Stylidium" species

References