Bauera capitata

Bauera capitata is a species of flowering plant in the family Cunoniaceae and is endemic to coastal eastern Australia. It is a small shrub with trifoliate, usually lobed leaves and sessile, deep pink flowers with twelve to fifteen stamens.

Bauera capitata
In Coffs Harbour
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Cunoniaceae
Genus: Bauera
Species:
B. capitata
Binomial name
Bauera capitata
Synonyms[1]
  • Bauera capitata var. alba Guilf.
  • Bauera capitata Ser. ex DC. var. capitata

Description

Bauera capitata is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 30 cm (12 in) and has a few spreading branches. The leaves are trifoliate, 3–7 mm (0.12–0.28 in) long, 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide and usually have lobed edges. The flowers are arranged in groups at the ends of the branches and are more or less sessile with four sepals 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long, four deep pink petals 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in) long, and twelve to fifteen pink stamens. Flowering occurs in September and October.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy

Bauera capitata was first formally described in 1830 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in his Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis, from an unpublished description by Nicolas Charles Seringe.[5][6] The specific epithet (capitata) means "having flowers in heads".[7]

Distribution and habitat

This species of Bauera grows in near-coastal areas from south-eastern Queensland to Port Hacking in New South Wales.[2][3]

References
  1. "Bauera capitata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  2. "Bauera capitata". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  3. Robinson, Les (1991). Field guide to the native plants of Sydney. Kenthurst, NSW: Kangaroo Press. p. 156. ISBN 0864171927.
  4. Wood, Betty. "Bauera capitata". Lucid keys. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  5. "Bauera capitata". APNI. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  6. de Candolle, Augustin P. (1830). Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Vol. 4. Paris. p. 13. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  7. "The genus Bauera". Australian Native Plants Society (Australia). Retrieved 8 December 2021.
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