Stackhousia monogyna

Stackhousia monogyna, commonly known as creamy stackhousia or creamy candles,[2] is a flowering plant in the family Celastraceae. It is a small multi-stemmed plant with narrow leaves and terminal spikes of white, cream or yellow flowers. It is a widespread species found in all states of Australia but not the Northern Territory.

Creamy stackhousia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Stackhousia
Species:
S. monogyna
Binomial name
Stackhousia monogyna
Synonyms
  • Plokiostigma lehmannii Schuch.
  • Stackhousia aspericocca Schuch.
  • Stackhousia aspericocca f. incrassatai Pamp.
  • Stackhousia aspericocca f. genuinai Pamp. nom. inval.
  • Stackhousia dietrichiae Domin
  • Stackhousia georgei Diels
  • Stackhousia giuriatii Pamp.
  • Stackhousia gunniana orth. var. Schltdl.
  • Stackhousia gunnii Hook.f.nom. illeg.
  • Stackhousia huegelii Endl.
  • Stackhousia linariifolia A.Cunn.
  • Stackhousia maidenii Pamp.
  • Stackhousia maidenii var. flexuosa Pamp.
  • Stackhousia maidenii var. typica Pamp. nom. inval.
  • Stackhousia monogyna var. linariifolia (A.Cunn.) Benth.
  • Stackhousia monogyna var. muelleri (Schuch.) Pamp.
  • Stackhousia monogyna var. obtusa (Lindl.) Pamp.
  • Stackhousia muelleri Schuch.
  • Stackhousia obtusa Lindl.
  • Stackhousia pubescens A.Rich.
  • Stackhousia pubescens f. elatior Pamp.
  • Stackhousia pubescens f. genuina Pamp. nom. inval.
  • Stackhousia pubescens f. leiococca Schuch.
  • Stackhousia tryonii F.M.Bailey
Stackhousia monogyna photographed in Adaminaby, NSW

Description

Stackhousia monogyna is a slender, multi-stemmed, perennial herb to 70 cm (28 in) high, covered with soft hairs or smooth on upright or ascending stems. The leaves are dark green, mostly narrow, linear to lance-shaped, up to 30 mm (1.2 in) long, 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) wide and rounded, acute or with a short point at the apex. The inflorescence consists of numerous white, cream or yellow flowers in a densely-packed cylindrical spike, each flower is tubular with five pointed spreading lobes up to 5 mm (0.20 in) long. Flowering occurs from late winter to early summer and the fruit is a wide oval or ellipsoid shaped mericarp, wrinkled to veined and 1.9–2.8 mm (0.075–0.110 in) long.[3][4]

Taxonomy and naming

The species was described in 1861 by Ferdinand von Mueller as Desdemodium acanthocladum.[5][6] In 1805 French naturalist Jacques Labillardière changed the name to Stackhousia monogyna and the description was published in Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen.[7][8] The specific epithet (monogyna) means "one", probably referring to the one-seeded fruit.[9]

Distribution and habitat

Creamy stackhousia is a common widespread species growing in grassland and dry forest on gravel, clay and granite in all states of Australia but not the Northern Territory.[2][4]

References
  1. "Stackhousia monogyne". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  2. Brookes, A.K. "Stackhousia monogyna". PlantNET-flora of NSW online. Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney.
  3. Barker, W.R. "Stackhousia monogyna". VICFLORA-flora of Victoria. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  4. Sharp, Sarah; Rehwinkel, Rainer; Mallinson, Dave; Eddy, David (2015). Woodland Flora a Field Guide for the Southern Tableland (NSW & ACT). Canberra: Horizons Print Management. ISBN 9780994495808.
  5. "Desmodium acanthocladum". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  6. von Mueller, Ferdinand (1861). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. v.2 1860-61. Melbourne. p. 122.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. "Stackhousia monogyna". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  8. Labillardiere, Jaques (1805). Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen. Vol. v.1. p. 77.
  9. George, A.S; Sharr, F.A (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and their meanings (4th ed.). Kardinya: Four Gables. p. 262. ISBN 9780958034197.


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