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Gunniopsis
''Gunniopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. These plants are found in areas of inland Australia. ''Gunniopis'' comprises 14 species that were once members of the genera ''Aizoon'', ''Gunnia'' and ''Neogunnia''. The name of the genus honours the botanist and politician Ronald Campbell Gunn. The genus was first formally described by the botanist Ferdinand Pax in 1889 in Engler and Prantl's work '' Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien''. The name is derived from the Greek word ''opsis'' meaning resembling which alludes to the resemblance of the genus to the genus '' Gunnia''. Members of this genus are succulents with the habit of a small shrub or herb. The plants are widespread throughout the eremaean zones of Western Australia and South Australia with some species extending into the areas in the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales. Found in arid areas the plants are often found in shrubland area with saline soils in and around sal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunniopsis Quadrifida
''Gunniopsis quadrifida'', the Sturts pigface, is a plant endemic to Australia that is within the family Aizoaceae. This family consists of a diverse array of species that inhabit arid and/or saline coastal and inland areas, with the plants displaying leaf morphology that is conducive to such harsh environments. Typical features of members of this genus that lie within this family of succulents includes the presence of fleshy-leaves that acts as a water reservoir for the plant with the habit of a smalls shrub. Description ''Gunniopsis quadrifida'', commonly known as sturts pigface, is a succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Australia. The shrub has a divaricate, compact and rounded habit typically growing to a height of with leaves that are about long. Documented cases of the western distribution of the plant flowering have been noted to occur from August to January with the plant producing white flowers with a diameter of approximately . Southe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunniopsis
''Gunniopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. These plants are found in areas of inland Australia. ''Gunniopis'' comprises 14 species that were once members of the genera ''Aizoon'', ''Gunnia'' and ''Neogunnia''. The name of the genus honours the botanist and politician Ronald Campbell Gunn. The genus was first formally described by the botanist Ferdinand Pax in 1889 in Engler and Prantl's work '' Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien''. The name is derived from the Greek word ''opsis'' meaning resembling which alludes to the resemblance of the genus to the genus '' Gunnia''. Members of this genus are succulents with the habit of a small shrub or herb. The plants are widespread throughout the eremaean zones of Western Australia and South Australia with some species extending into the areas in the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales. Found in arid areas the plants are often found in shrubland area with saline soils in and around sal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunniopsis Septifraga
''Gunniopsis septifraga'', commonly known as green pigface, is a species of flowering plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a prostrate to tuft-forming annual herb, with oblong to lance-shaped leaves and small greenish flowers, that grows around salt lakes. Description ''Gunniopsis septifrage'' is a prostrate to tuft-forming, ephemeral, annual herb that typically grows to high and wide. It has thick, yellow, glabrous to sparsely hairy stems and oblong to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide. The flowers are arranged singly and sessile, or on a short pedicel, with the perianth long and fused for about one-third of its length with four triangular lobes. The inside of the perianth is green and the outside greenish yellow, the lobes usually alternating with four stamens. Flowering occurs from July to October and the fruit is a capsule that is more or less spherical with a cylindrical tip, and contains wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunniopsis Papillata
''Gunniopsis papillata'', commonly known as the twin-leaved pigface, is a species of succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae and is endemic to inland areas of Australia. It is an annual herb with pimply, spatula-shaped to egg-shaped leaves and flowers with white or yellow petals. Description ''Gunniopsis papillata'' is an annual herb that typically grows to a height of with cylindrical branchlets. The branchlets and leaves are usually covered with pimply or nipple-like projections. The leaves are spatula-shaped to egg-shaped, yellowish to greyish green, about long and wide. The flowers are arranged singly with white or yellow, rarely pink, egg-shaped to triangular petals long, wide that are green and pimply on the back. There are many stamens arranged in two or three whorls. Flowering occurs from August to October. Taxonomy ''Gunniopsis papillata'' was first formally described in 1983 by Robert Chinnock from specimens collected near Curdamurka (west of Lake Eyre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunniopsis Calcarea
''Gunniopsis calcarea'', commonly known as the Nullarbor Gunniopsis or the yellow flowered pigface, is a succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Australia. The shrub has an erect and spreading habit typically growing to a height of . It blooms between August and March producing yellow flowers. The leaves are bright green with a lanceolate shape and are covered in peltate scales as are the stems. It is found in tight colonies along roadsides and in depressions in coastal areas of the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia where it grows in sandy, loam or clay soils often over limestone. It is also found in coastal areas in western South Australia. Often found in association with ''Halosarcia'' and ''Maireana'' species and in open and low mallee-Melaleuca scrubland. The species was first formally described as ''Aizoon zygophylloides'' by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1871 in the work ''Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae ''. Ludwig D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunniopsis Zygophylloides
''Gunniopsis zygophylloides'', commonly known as the twin-leaf pigface, is a succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Australia. The greenish perennial shrub typically grows to a height of . It has green to yellow-green leaves that are ovate to obovate in shape. Leaves are up to long and . It blooms between July and October producing solitary green and yellow flowers. The plant is found in rocky areas on ranges and on shale or quartzite. It is distributed through north central parts of South Australia and also in the southern portion of the Northern Territory. The species was formally described by the botanist Ludwig Diels in 1904 in his work with Georg August Pritzel, ''Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie''. This name is often misapplied to ''Gunniopsis ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunniopsis Tenuifolia
''Gunniopsis tenuifolia'', commonly known as the narrow-leaf pigface, is a succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Australia. The perennial glabrous shrub has a rounded habit and typically grows to a height of . It has a reddish tinge to the branchlets. The terete yellow-green leaves are approximately long and wide. It blooms between August and January producing small green-yellow flowers. It is found on rocky lopes of low hills, clay flats and depressions that flood periodically flooding usually in open mallee woodland areas in central South Australia, between Leigh Creek and Arckaringa where it grows in clay soils. Taxonomy and naming The species was first formally described by Robert Chinnock in 1983 in the article ''The Australian genus Gunniopsis Pax (Aizoaceae)'' in the ''Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens''. The specific epithet (''tenuifolia'') is from Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunniopsis Intermedia
''Gunniopsis intermedia'', commonly known as yellow salt star, is a succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Australia. The annual herb has an erect or prostrate habit typically growing to a height of and form a mound up to across. The leaves are long and wide. It blooms from September to November producing yellow-white flowers. It is found around salt lakes and on saline flats in inland areas of the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy, loam or clay soils. The species was first formally described by the botanist Ludwig Diels in 1904 in the work ''Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie''. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15582450 intermedia Intermedia is an art theory term coined in the mid-1960s by Fluxus artist Dick Higgins to describe various interdisciplinarity art activities that occur between genres, beginning in the 1960s. It was also used by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunniopsis Divisa
''Gunniopsis divisa'' is a succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia. The annual herb typically grows to a height of . It blooms between August and October producing white to yellow flowers. The base of the plant is often thickened. The green fleshy leaves are opposite. It is found along roadsides inland from Geraldton in the Mid West region of Western Australia where it grows in loamy soils often over quartz. The species was first formally described by Robert Chinnock in 1983 in the article ''The Australian genus Gunniopsis Pax (Aizoaceae)'' in the ''Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens''. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15590089 divisa Divisa may refer to: * Divisa, Panama, a town in Azuero Peninsula * Divisa Alegre, a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais * Divisa Nova, a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais * Da Divisa Riv ... Flora of Western Australia Plants describ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunniopsis Rubra
''Gunniopsis rubra'' is a succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia. The prostrate annual herb typically grows to a height of . It blooms in September producing green flowers. It is found in inland areas of the Mid West and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia where it grows in loamy soils. The species was first formally described by Robert Chinnock Robert James "Bob" Chinnock (born 3 July 1943) is a New Zealand-born Australian botanist who worked at the State Herbarium of South Australia as a senior biologist. He retired in 2008 but still works as an honorary research associate. His resear ... in 1983 in the article ''The Australian genus Gunniopsis Pax (Aizoaceae)'' in the ''Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens''. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15590656 rubra Flora of Western Australia Plants described in 1983 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunniopsis Rodwayi
''Gunniopsis rodwayi'' is a succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia. The annual herb can have an erect or prostrate habit typically growing to a height of . It blooms between August and December producing white flowers. It is found around salt lakes and other saline areas and was a scattered distribution throughout the Mid West, Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy, loamy or clay soils. The species was first formally as ''Aizoon rodwayi'' by the botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ... Alfred James Ewart in 1908 in his work ''Contributions to the Flora of Australia'' as recorded in ''Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria''. Gardner reclassified it into t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunniopsis Propinqua
''Gunniopsis propinqua'' is a succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia. The prostrate annual or perennial herb typically grows to a height of . It blooms between August and September producing white to pink flowers. It is found among lateritic outcrops and winter wet area with scattered distribution in the Mid West, Goldfields-Esperance and Pilbara regions of Western Australia where it grows in stony, sandy or loamy soils. The species was first formally described by Robert Chinnock Robert James "Bob" Chinnock (born 3 July 1943) is a New Zealand-born Australian botanist who worked at the State Herbarium of South Australia as a senior biologist. He retired in 2008 but still works as an honorary research associate. His resear ... in 1983 in the article ''The Australian genus Gunniopsis Pax (Aizoaceae)'' in the ''Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens''. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15590528 propinqua Flora of Western Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |