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List Of Endangered Flora Of The Mallee Region
This is a list of endangered flora of the Mallee (biogeographic region), Mallee region, a biogeography, biogeographic region in southern Western Australia. It includes all taxa that occur in the region, and have been classified as "R: Declared Rare Flora - Extant Taxa" under the Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia), Department of Environment and Conservation's Declared Rare and Priority Flora List, and are hence gazetted as endangered extant flora under the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950. There are no taxa classified as "X: Declared Rare Flora - Presumed Extinct Taxa" for the region. There are 50 endangered taxa: * ''Acacia auratiflora'' * ''Acacia caesariata'' * ''Acacia depressa'' * ''Acacia lanuginophylla'' * ''Acacia leptalea'' * ''Acacia trulliformis'' * ''Adenanthos eyrei'' (Toolinna Adenanthos) * Adenanthos pungens subsp. pungens, ''Adenanthos pungens'' subsp. ''pungens'' * ''Allocasuarina tortiramula'' (Twisted Sheoak) * Anigozanthos bicolor subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhizanthella Gardneri — Fred Hort
''Rhizanthella'', commonly known as underground orchids, is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae and is endemic to Australia. All are leafless, living underground in symbiosis with mycorrhizal fungi. The inflorescence is a head of flowers held at, or just above the ground but mostly covered by soil or leaf litter and little is known about the mechanism of pollination. Description Orchids in the genus ''Rhizanthella'' are mostly underground, perennial, sympodial, mycotrophic herbs with fleshy underground stems which produce new shoots at nodes where there are colourless leaf-like cataphylls. There are no roots and new tubers form at the end of short stems. The leaves are reduced to scale-like structures lacking chlorophyll, pressed against and sheathing the stems. The inflorescence is a head containing many flowers and is held at, or just above ground level but the head is usually covered with leaf litter or soil. The head is surrounded by a large number o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adenanthos Pungens Subsp
''Adenanthos'' is a genus of Australian native shrubs in the flowering plant family Proteaceae. Variable in habit and leaf shape, it is the only genus in the family where solitary flowers are the norm. It was discovered in 1791, and formally published by Jacques Labillardière in 1805. The type species is '' Adenanthos cuneatus'', and 33 species are recognised. The genus is placed in subfamily Proteoideae, and is held to be most closely related to several South African genera. Endemic to Australia, its centre of diversity is southwest Western Australia, where 31 species occur. The other two species occur in South Australia and western Victoria (Australia). They are mainly pollinated by birds. Description Habit The growth habits of ''Adenanthos'' species range from prostrate shrubs to small trees, with most species occurring as erect shrubs. There are two basic growth forms. Plants that lack a lignotuber have a single stem. Such plants usually grow into fairly erect shrubs; a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drummondita Longifolia
''Drummondita'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae. Its native range is Southwestern and Northern Australia. The genus name of ''Drummondita'' is derived from Thomas Drummond (1780–1835) and his brother James Drummond (1787–1863). Species: *''Drummondita borealis'' *''Drummondita calida'' *''Drummondita ericoides'' *''Drummondita fulva'' *''Drummondita hassellii ''Drummondita'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae. Its native range is Southwestern and Northern Australia. The genus name of ''Drummondita'' is derived from Thomas Drummond (1780–1835) and his brother James Drum ...'' *'' Drummondita longifolia'' *'' Drummondita microphylla'' *'' Drummondita miniata'' *'' Drummondita rubroviridis'' *'' Drummondita wilsonii'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q8770794 Zanthoxyloideae Zanthoxyloideae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conostylis Rogeri
''Conostylis rogeri'' is a rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like plant or herb in the family Haemodoraceae and is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It has small tufts, flat leaves, and a single pale yellow, tubular flower. Description ''Conostylis rogeri'' is a rhizomatous, perennial, grass-like plant or herb that has small tufts and typically grows to a height of . It has flat, green leaves long, wide and glabrous, apart from 2 rows of hairs on the edges. A single flower long is borne on a flowering stem long, the flowers pale yellow with feathery hairs. The anthers are long and the style is long. Flowering occurs in September. Taxonomy and naming ''Conostylis rogersi'' was first formally described in 1987 by Stephen Hopper in the ''Flora of Australia'', from specimens he collected in a nature reserve near Kulin in 1978. The specific epithet (''rogeri'') honours Roger Hnatiuk. Distribution and habitat This conostylis grows in rises over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conostylis Lepidospermoides
''Conostylis lepidospermoides'', commonly known as sedge conostylis, is a rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like plant or herb in the family Haemodoraceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has flat, yellowish-green, glabrous leaves, and lemon-yellow, tubular flowers. Description ''Conostylis lepidospermoides'' is a rhizomatous, tufted, perennial, grass-like plant or herb. It has flat leaves long, wide and glabrous, apart from bristles or hairs on the leaf margins. The flowers are borne in a loose cyme on a flowering stem tall with up to 6 flowers and a bract long at the base, each flower long on a pedicel long. The perianth is lemon-yellow and hairy, with lobes long, the anthers long and the style long. Flowering occurs in late September and October. It is inconspicuous when not in flower, but has some of the largest flowers in the genus. Taxonomy and naming ''Conostylis lepidospermoides'' was first formally described in 1987 by Stephen Hoppe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calectasia Pignattiana
''Calectasia pignattiana'', commonly known as the stilted tinsel lily or Pignatti's star of Bethlehem, is a plant in the family Dasypogonaceae growing as a perennial herb and is endemic to the south–west of Western Australia. It is only known from ten locations, four of which are on road verges. The species is classified as vulnerable. Description ''Calectasia pignattiana'' is a prickly, rhizomatous herb growing to a height of about 50 cm. Unlike some other members of the genus (such as '' C. grandiflora'') this species lacks a rhizome but has stilt roots 10–60 mm long. The stems are up to 60 cm long and slender, with many lateral branches, occasionally with adventitious stilt roots up to 150 mm long protruding from the upper branches. The leaves are 5.2–11.5 x 0.9–1.4 mm and glabrous. The six petals are dark blue, gradually fading to white with age and the central anthers are yellow, turning orange-red with age. Flowers appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caladenia Melanema
''Caladenia melanema'', commonly known as the ballerina orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a rare orchid with a single erect, hairy leaf and one or two cream-coloured to pale yellow flowers with red markings and black tips on the sepals and petals. Description ''Caladenia melanema'' is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a single erect, hairy leaf, long and wide. One or two cream-coloured flowers with red markings, long and wide are borne on a stalk tall. The sepals and petals are covered with dark, reddish-brown to black, thread-like tips. The dorsal sepal is erect, long, about wide and the lateral sepals are a similar length but slightly wider. The lateral sepals spread widely or droop slightly. The petals are long and wide and arranged like the lateral sepals. The labellum is long and wide, white with red stripes, spots and blotches and the tip is curled under. The sides of the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caladenia Graniticola
''Caladenia graniticola'', commonly known as the Pingaring spider orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single, hairy leaf and one or two yellowish-green, red and white flowers which have a greenish-yellow and white labellum with a red tip. It was originally described as ''Caladenia hoffmanii'' subsp. ''graniticola'' but has a slightly different labellum and column. Description ''Caladenia graniticola'' is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a single erect, hairy leaf, long and wide. One or two flowers long and wide are borne on a stalk tall. The flowers are yellowish-green, red and white and the lateral sepals and petals have narrow, club-like, glandular tips. The lateral sepals and petals spread widely and curve downwards. The dorsal sepal is erect, long and wide. The lateral sepals are long and wide, curved so that they sometimes cross each other. The petals are long and about w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caladenia Drakeoides
''Caladenia drakeoides'', commonly known as the hinged dragon orchid is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single hairy leaf and a single greenish-yellow and red flower with a hinged labellum resembling a female thynnid wasp. Description ''Caladenia drakeoides'' is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and which grows as solitary plants or in clumps of up to ten plants. It has a single, pale green, broad, ground-hugging, hairy leaf, long and wide. Usually only one greenish-yellow and red flower is borne on a stalk tall. The flowers are long and about wide and bear a striking resemblance to those in the genus ''Drakaea''. The dorsal sepal is curved backwards, almost horizontally behind the flower and is long and wide at the base. The lateral sepals and petals are linear to lance-shaped, hang vertically and clasp the ovary. The lateral sepals are long and wide with a sudden bend one-third the dista ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caladenia Bryceana Subsp
''Caladenia'', commonly known as spider orchids, is a genus of 350 species of plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Spider orchids are terrestrial herbs with a single hairy leaf and a hairy stem. The labellum is fringed or toothed in most species and there are small projections called calli on the labellum. The flowers have adaptations to attract particular species of insects for pollination. The genus is divided into three groups on the basis of flower shape, broadly, spider orchids, zebra orchids and cowslip orchids, although other common names are often used. Although they occur in other countries, most are Australian and 136 species occur in Western Australia, making it the most species-rich orchid genus in that state. Description Orchids in the genus ''Caladenia'' are terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, sympodial herbs with a few inconspicuous, fine roots and a tuber partly surrounded by a fibrous sheath. The tuber produces two "droppers" which become daughter tubers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boronia Revoluta
''Boronia revoluta'', commonly known as Ironcap boronia, is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with three-part leaves and pink or white, four-petalled flowers. Description ''Boronia revoluta'' is an erect shrub that grows to a height of with its young stems covered with star-shaped hairs. The leaves are trifoliate and each leaflet is long and wide, the leaves on a petiole about long. The edges of the leaflets are rolled under and the end leaflet longer than those on the side. The flowers are borne singly in leaf axils on a top-shaped, red pedicel long. There are two or four narrow triangular bracteoles about long at the base of the flowers. The four sepals are red, narrow triangular to egg-shaped, long. The four petals are pink or white, egg-shaped and long with a hairy back. The eight stamens are long with heart-shaped anthers about long. Flowering occurs from July to October. Taxonomy and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boronia Capitata Subsp
''Boronia'' is a genus of about 160 species of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae. Most are endemic to Australia with a few species in New Caledonia, which were previously placed in the genus ''Boronella''. They occur in all Australian states but the genus is under review and a number of species are yet to be described or have the description published. Boronias are similar to familiar plants in the genera ''Zieria'', ''Eriostemon'' and ''Correa'' but can be distinguished from them by the number of petals or stamens. Some species have a distinctive fragrance and are popular garden plants. Description Plants in the genus ''Boronia'' are nearly always shrubs although a very small number occur as herbs or as small trees. The leaves are usually arranged in opposite pairs and may be simple leaves or compound leaves with up to nineteen or more leaflets, in either a pinnate or bipinnate arrangement. The flowers are arranged in groups in the leaf axils or on the ends of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
