Stylidium diceratum

Taxobox


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status = P1
status_system = DECF
status_ref = [FloraBase|name="Stylidium diceratum"|id=18565]
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Stylidiaceae
genus = "Stylidium"
subgenus = "Centridium"
species = "S. diceratum"
binomial = "Stylidium diceratum"
binomial_authority = Lowrie & Kenneally 1998

"Stylidium diceratum" is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus "Stylidium" (family Stylidiaceae). The specific epithet "diceratum" is Greek for "two horns", referring to the two appendages that are present on the bend of the gynostemium. It is an annual plant that grows from 15 to 35 cm tall. The longer leaves are lanceolate and the shorter ones are spathulate, forming a basal rosettes around the stem. The leaves are around 5-8 mm long and 0.2-2.5 mm wide. Inflorescences are around 6-15 cm long and produce flowers that are orange with dark orange and pink veins and bloom from June to August in their native range. "S. diceratum" is only known from the type location, which is at creek crossings on the road to Beverley Springs in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Its habitat is recorded as being sandy soils on creek margins. It grows in the presence of "S. ceratophorum", "S. rubriscapum", "Drosera caduca", "D. paradoxa", "Byblis liniflora", and "Grevillea pteridifolia". "S. diceratum" is most closely related to "S. longicornu", but it can be confused with "S. ceratophorum", which also has an orange corolla but twice as large.Lowrie, A., and Kenneally, K.F. (1998). Three new triggerplant species in "Stylidium" subgenus "Centridium" (Stylidiaceae) from Western Australia. "Nuytsia", 12(2): 197-206.]

See also

* List of "Stylidium" species

References