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Darwinia Divisa
''Darwinia divisa'' is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All speci ... and is endemic to a restricted part of the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect shrub with white flowers and is the only species of its genus with "divided prominent sepal, calyx lobes" and a hairy calyx tube. It was first formally described in 2002 by Gregory John Keighery, Greg Keighery and Neville Graeme Marchant, Neville Marchant in the ''Nordic Journal of Botany'' from specimens collected by Fred Lullfitz near Bendering in 1965. ''Darwinia divisa'' is presumed extinct by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (Western Australia), Department of Biodiversity, Conservation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory John Keighery
Gregory John Keighery is an Australian botanist. Since 2003 he has been a senior research scientist at the Science and Conservation Division of the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions of Western Australia (formerly the Department of Environment and Conservation then the Department of Parks and Wildlife). His main expertise is in the native plants of Western Australia, particularly weed flora and the Apiaceae, Liliaceae and Myrtaceae. Career Keighery has a BSc in plant genetics from the University of Western Australia. From 1974 to 1983 he worked in biosystematics at the Kings Park and Botanic Garden in Perth, Western Australia. In 1983–84 he was a survey biologist with the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, and then from 1984 was a research scientist at the Department of Conservation and Land Management The Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) was a department of the Government of Western Australia that was responsible for im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |