Stylidium marradongense

Taxobox


image_caption =
status = P3
status_system = DECF
status_ref = Spooner, Amanda. (2006). [http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/17598 "Stylidium marradongense" Lowrie & Kenneally] FloraBase, Western Australian Herbarium, Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. Accessed online: 27 September 2007.]
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Stylidiaceae
genus = "Stylidium"
subgenus = "Forsteropsis"
species = "S. marradongense"
binomial = "Stylidium marradongense"
binomial_authority = Lowrie & Kenneally 1997

"Stylidium marradongense" is a species that belongs to the genus "Stylidium" (family Stylidiaceae). The specific epithet "leeuwinense" refers to the Marradong region in Western Australia where the species is located. It is an herbaceous perennial that grows from 15-50 cm tall and has divided stems covered with tile-like leaves that are arranged in a spiral formation around the stem. The lanceolate leaves are basifixed and held closely against the stems. The leaves are around 1.5-2.0 mm long and 0.5-0.8 mm wide. Terminal inflorescences are racemose or spike-like and produce flowers that are shades of pink or white with pink at the base of the lobes and bloom from September to November in their native range. "S. marradongense" is only known from south-western Western Australia from Mount Saddleback to Marradong. Its habitat is recorded as being sandy laterite soils in open Jarrah forest with other species such as "Banksia grandis", "Banksia sessilis", and "Persoonia longifolia". "S. marradongense" is closely associated with "S. preissii" because they both lack throat appendages. It differs from "S. preissii" by its spike-like racemes, apical mucro, and conical, capitate stigmas.Lowrie, A. and Kenneally, K.F. (1997). A taxonomic review of "Stylidium" subgenus "Forsteropsis" (Stylidiaceae). "Nuytsia", 11(3): 353-364.]

See also

* List of "Stylidium" species

References