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Verticordia Lehmannii
''Verticordia lehmannii'' is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is slender shrub with only a few branches, well-spaced, oppositely arranged leaves and small heads of pale pink to silvery flowers with a dark pink centre. Description ''Verticordia lehmannii'' is a slender shrub with few side-branches which grows to a height of and a width of . Its leaves are arranged in opposite pairs and are elliptic to oblong in shape, roughly triangular in cross-section and long. The flowers are arranged in small, round, corymb-like groups on the ends of the branches, each flower on an erect stalk long. The floral cup is long and hairy near the base. The sepals are pale pink to silvery-white, long with hairy lobes and ear-shaped appendages with a densely hairy tip. The petals are long, egg-shaped, dished, widely spreading and pale pink with a deeper pink centre. The style is about , straight but bent near the tip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Conrad Schauer
Johannes Conrad Schauer (16 February 1813 – 24 October 1848) was a botanist interested in Spermatophytes. He was born in Frankfurt am Main and attended the gymnasium of Mainz from 1825 to 1837. For the next three years he worked at the Hofgarten of Würzburg. Schauer then gained a position as assistant at the botanical garden at Bonn where he worked until 1832 when he was placed in charge of the botanic garden in Breslau, (now Wrocław in Poland) with C.G. Nees. He gained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg 1835 and was appointed professor of botany at the University of Greifswald from 1843 until his death in 1848. Although he never visited Australia, many Australian botanists and plant collectors sent him plant specimens, especially eucalypts and other members of the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. For example, when Allan Cunningham died in 1839, Schauer received many botanical specimens from the executor of Cunningham's estate, , including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Georg Christian Lehmann
Johann Georg Christian Lehmann (25 February 1792 – 12 February 1860) was a German botanist. Born at Haselau, near Uetersen, Holstein, Lehmann studied medicine in Copenhagen and Göttingen, obtained a doctorate in medicine in 1813 and a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Jena in 1814. He spent the rest of his life as professor of physics and natural sciences, and head librarian, at the '' Gymnasium Academicum'' in Hamburg. A prolific monographist of apparently quarrelsome character, he was a member of 26 learned societies and the founder of the Hamburg Botanical Garden (, now the Alter Botanischer Garten Hamburg). Lehmann died at Hamburg in 1860. Some of Lehmann's later illustrations were executed by the German entomologist Johann Wilhelm Meigen Johann Wilhelm Meigen (3 May 1764 – 11 July 1845) was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera. Life Early years Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan Coastal Plain
The Swan Coastal Plain in Western Australia is the geographic feature which contains the Swan River as it travels west to the Indian Ocean. The coastal plain continues well beyond the boundaries of the Swan River and its tributaries, as a geological and biological zone, one of Western Australia's Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) regions.IBRA Version 6.1 data It is also one of the distinct physiographic provinces of the larger West Australian Shield division. Location and description The coastal plain is a strip on the Indian Ocean coast directly west of the |
Jarrah Forest
Jarrah forest is tall open forest in which the dominant overstory tree is ''Eucalyptus marginata'' (jarrah). The ecosystem occurs only in the Southwest Botanical Province of Western Australia. It is most common in the biogeographic region named in consequence Jarrah Forest. Most jarrah forest contains at least one other co-dominant overstory tree; association with ''Corymbia calophylla'' is especially common, and results in which is sometimes referred to as jarrah-marri forest. Considerable amount of research delineates northern, central and southern jarrah forestStrelein, G. J. (1988) ''Site classification in the Southern jarrah forest of Western Australia'' Como, W.A. Dept. of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia. Research bulletin 0816-9675 ; 2. (not printed in book) which relates to rainfall, geology and ecosystem variance. See also *Darling Scarp The Darling Scarp, also referred to as the Darling Range or Darling Ranges, is a low escarpment running nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott River (Western Australia)
Scott River is a river in the south west of Western Australia, being a tributary to the Blackwood River where it joins just east of Molloy Island. It is partly within the Scott National Park, which is named after the river. Similarly the coastal plain that the river lies on goes east to Walpole and is known as the Scott Coastal Plain. It is north east of Augusta and south of the Brockman Highway. Scott River Road is the main access road into the catchment area, which leaves the highway near Alexander Bridge. The river catchment area has evidence of early Aboriginal usage of the area. It is the habitat of ''Boronia exilis ''Boronia exilis'' is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect perennial with well-spaced, simple, more or less cylindrical leaves and pink, four-petalled ...'', otherwise known as Scott River boronia, as well as other threatened plant communities. The catchme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busselton
Busselton is a city in the South West region of the state of Western Australia approximately south-west of Perth. Busselton has a long history as a popular holiday destination for Western Australians; however, the closure of the Busselton Port in 1972 and the contemporaneous establishment of the nearby Margaret River wine region have seen tourism become the dominant source of investment and development, supplemented by services and retail. The city is best known for the Busselton Jetty, the longest wooden jetty in the Southern Hemisphere. History Pre European settlement and 19th century Before white settlement in 1832, and for at least 40,000 years, the Busselton area was home to the Noongar Aboriginal people from the Wardandi and Bibulman language/ancestral groups. The colonisation of Western Australia in 1829 had a major impact on the life of the Noongar people. Many towns in the Busselton area, such as Wonnerup, Yallingup and Carbunup River, still hold their origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Pritzelii
''Verticordia pritzelii'', commonly known as Pritzel's featherflower, is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a compact, woody shrub with several main stems, small, linear to club-shaped leaves, and rounded groups of deep pink flowers from late spring to mid-summer. Description ''Verticordia pritzelii'' is a shrub which grows to a height of and with several stems at its base. The leaves are linear to club-shaped, semi-circular in cross-section, long with a small point on the end. The flowers are scented and arranged in rounded groups, each flower on a stalk long. The floral cup is hemispherical in shape, about long and there is a swelling beneath each sepal. The sepals are spreading, deep pink but fade to white as they age. They are long, have 4-6 long, long, thin lobes and two hairy appendages. The petals are a similar colour to the sepals, long, erect and more or less round with small teeth on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Habrantha
''Verticordia habrantha'', commonly known as hidden featherflower, is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender shrub with short, leafy side-branches and long flowering stems with rounded heads of mostly white flowers. Its hairy sepals are mostly hidden by the round, unfringed petals, and as a result, the plant looks like shrubs in the genus ''Chamelaucium'', to which it is closely related. Description ''Verticordia habrantha'' is a shrub which grows to high and wide and which has a few main stems with many short, leafy side-branches. The leaves on the side branches are linear to narrow elliptic in shape, roughly triangular in cross-section, long, while those on the flowering stems are elliptic to egg-shaped and up to long. The flowers are arranged in rounded or corymb-like groups near the ends of the long flowering stems, each flower on an erect stalk, long. The floral cup is about long and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Insignis
''Verticordia insignis'' is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an open, irregularly-branched shrub with small leaves and heads of relatively large pink, or white and pink flowers on the ends of the branches in spring. Description ''Verticordia insignis'' is an open, irregularly-branched shrub that grows to high. Its leaves are linear to elliptic in shape, roughly triangular in cross-section, long with a rounded end. Leaves near the flowers tend to be wider than those further down the stems. The flowers are scented and arranged in rounded, corymb-like groups on the ends of the branches on erect stalks long. The floral cup is top-shaped, about long, covered with short, soft hairs with a swelling beneath each sepal. The sepals are white to pale or deep pink, long, spreading with five to seven lobes that have long, spreading hairs. The petals are egg-shaped to almost round, pale to deep pin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Apecta
''Verticordia apecta'', commonly known as scruffy verticordia or Hay River featherflower, is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender shrub with linear lower stem leaves, narrow elliptic upper stem leaves and elliptic to egg-shaped leaves near the flowers. There are only a few flowers in the upper leaf axils on relatively long stalks and the sepals are deep pink with fine, white fringes. Description ''Verticordia albida'' is a slender, erect shrub with a single main stem and which grows to a height of between . Its leaves differ from each other, depending on their position on the plant. The lower leaves are linear in shape, triangular in cross-section and long. Those further up the stems are elliptic in shape and about long. Leaves near the flowers are elliptic or egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base and triangular in cross section. The flowers are few in number, arranged in some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Inclusa
''Verticordia inclusa'' is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small shrub with small, thick leaves and groups of scented, mostly white to pale pink flowers with a red centre on the ends of the branches in spring. Description ''Verticordia inclusa'' is a shrub which grows to high, sometimes spreading to wide and is usually openly, but irregularly branched. Its leaves are elliptic in shape, roughly triangular in cross-section, long with a rounded end. Leaves near the flowers tend to be smaller The flowers are sweetly scented and arranged in rounded, corymb-like groups on the ends of the branches on erect stalks long. The floral cup is top-shaped, about long, more or less smooth and is hairy near its base. The sepals are white to pale pink, long, spreading with 4 or 5 lobes which have long, straight, feather-like hairs. The petals are egg-shaped to almost round, white to pink and red ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verticordia Roei
''Verticordia roei'', commonly known as Roe's featherflower is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with narrow leaves and is often covered with masses of creamy-white coloured flowers in late spring. Description ''Verticordia roei'' is a shrub which grows to a height of with a single main stem at its base. The leaves on the stems are linear to narrow elliptic in shape, triangular in cross-section, long and have a rounded end. The flowers are scented and arranged in corymb-like groups on erect stalks from long. The floral cup is a broadly hemispherical in shape, about long, ribbed and covered with short hairs. The sepals are creamy-white, sometimes pink, long, with 5 to 7 long-hairy or feathery lobes. The petals are a similar colour to the sepals, long, dished with small teeth around its edge. The style is long, with a few short hairs. Flowering time is from October to November. Taxonomy an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
