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Hibbertia Grossulariifolia
''Hibbertia grossulariifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is Endemism, endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate shrub that spreads up to in diameter and has yellow flowers that appear between August and December in the species' native range. The species was first formally described in 1807 by English botanist Richard Anthony Salisbury, Richard Salisbury and was given the name ''Burtonia grossulariaefolia'' in ''The Paradisus Londinensis''. Later in the same year, Salisbury changed the name to ''Hibbertia grossulariifolia''. The Binomial nomenclature, specific epithet (''grossulariifolia'') means "''Grossularia''-leaved". References {{Taxonbar, from=Q5750647 Hibbertia, grossulariifolia Eudicots of Western Australia Plants described in 1807 Taxa named by Richard Anthony Salisbury ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mammoth Cave (Western Australia)
Mammoth Cave is a large limestone cave south of the town of Margaret River in south-western Western Australia, and about south of Perth. It lies within the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park and is surrounded by karri and marri forest. There have been extinct animal fossils found in Mammoth Cave. Exploration The cave is long and deep. It has been known from about 1850 to European settlers of the Margaret River district, but it was not explored until 1895. Its first explorer, Tim Connelly, who was appointed caretaker of the cave, conducted tours by lamplight until 1904 when electric lighting was installed. Fossils The cave has been studied for over a century. It has yielded fossils of Pleistocene fauna over 35,000 years old, including those of thylacines and the giant marsupial herbivore ''Zygomaturus ''Zygomaturus'' is an extinct genus of giant marsupial belonging to the family Diprotodontidae which inhabited Australia from the Late Miocene to Late Pleistocene. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
