Phlebocarya pilosissima

Phlebocarya pilosissima is a plant in the Haemodoraceae family,[1] native to Western Australia.[3]

Phlebocarya pilosissima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Haemodoraceae
Genus: Phlebocarya
Species:
P. pilosissima
Binomial name
Phlebocarya pilosissima
Synonyms[3]

Phlebocarya ciliata var. pilosissima F.Muell.

Description

Phlebocarya pilosissima has flattened to terete leaves. The leaf blade is 14-35 cm by 0.6-2 mm.[4] Leaf surfaces can be smooth to densely covered with sharp rigid bristly hairs (and on the margins).[4] The flower heads vary from being about half as long to longer than the leaves.[4] The scape is hairy and the bracts have branched hairs along the margin, while the pedicels are densely hairy.[4] The style is trifid and there are three stigmas.[4]

Taxonomy & etymology

The plant was first described as Phlebocarya ciliata var pilosissima by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1873,[1][5] but later in 1873 George Bentham erected it to the species Phlebocarya pilosissima.[1][2] The species epithet, pilosissima, comes from the Latin, pilus ("hair")[6] which gives the adjective, pilosus,[7] and its superlative, pilosissima,[6] thus describing the plant as being the "hairiest".

References
  1. "Phlebocarya pilosissima". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. Bentham, G. (1873). "CXXIII. Amaryllideae". Flora Australiensis. 6: 425 – via BHL.
  3. "Phlebocarya pilosissima (F.Muell.) Benth. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  4. T.D.Macfarlane (2020). "Phlebocarya pilosissima". Flora of Australia. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  5. Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873). "Haemodoraceae". Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 8 (59): 23 – via BHL.
  6. Stearn, William T. (2004). Botanical Latin. Timber Press. p. 467, 98. ISBN 978-0-7153-1643-6. OL 9380391M. Wikidata Q101497897.
  7. "pilosus,-a,-um". www.plantillustrations.org. Retrieved 10 April 2021.


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