Cryptandra spyridioides

Cryptandra spyridioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 10–80 cm (3.9–31.5 in) and has green and creamy-white to pink flowers from May to August.[2] It was first formally described in 1862 by Ferdinand von Mueller in his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.[3][4] The specific epithet (spyridioides) means "sweeper", hence "Spyridium-like".[5]

Cryptandra spyridioides
Near Northampton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Cryptandra
Species:
C. spyridioides
Binomial name
Cryptandra spyridioides

This cryptandra grows in sandy and gravelly soils in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[2] It is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]

References
  1. "Cryptandra spyridioides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  2. "Cryptandra spyridioides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. "Cryptandra spyridioides". APNI. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  4. von Mueller, Ferdinand (1862). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 68. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  5. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 312. ISBN 9780958034180.
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