Thomasia triloba

Thomasia triloba
Conservation status
	; Priority One — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Thomasia
Species:	T. triloba
Binomial name
	Thomasia triloba; Turcz.[1]

Thomasia triloba is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, open shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.4–1 m (1 ft 4 in – 3 ft 3 in) and has pink or purple flowers in October and November.[2] The species was first formally described in 1846 by Nikolai Turczaninow in the Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou from specimens collected by James Drummond.[3][4] This species of thomasia is listed as "Priority One" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[2] meaning that it is known from only one or a few locations which are potentially at risk,[5] but may be extinct.[6]

References

"Thomasia triloba". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
"Thomasia triloba". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Thomasia triloba". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
Turczaninow, Nikolai (1846). "Generum adhuc non descriptorum, adkectis descriptionibus nonnullarum specierum Byttneriacearum". Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 19 (2): 500. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
"Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
Blake, Trevor L. (2021). Lantern bushes of Australia ; Thomasias & allied genera : a field and horticultural guide. Victoria: Australian Plants Society, Keilor Plains Group. p. 6. ISBN 9780646839301.

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[APC-1] "Thomasia triloba". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

[FB-2] "Thomasia triloba". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

[APNI-3] "Thomasia triloba". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

[Turcz.-4] Turczaninow, Nikolai (1846). "Generum adhuc non descriptorum, adkectis descriptionibus nonnullarum specierum Byttneriacearum". Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 19 (2): 500. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

[codes-5] "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

[Blake-6] Blake, Trevor L. (2021). Lantern bushes of Australia ; Thomasias & allied genera : a field and horticultural guide. Victoria: Australian Plants Society, Keilor Plains Group. p. 6. ISBN 9780646839301.