''Hakea ednieana'', commonly known as Flinders Range hakea
or yandena,
is a shrub of the ''
Proteacea
The Proteaceae form a family of flowering plants predominantly distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The family comprises 83 genera with about 1,660 known species. Together with the Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae, they make up the order Prote ...
'' family native to arid parts of central Australia.
Description
''Hakea ednieana'' is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree typically growing to a height of with brown furrowed bark and white hairy smaller branches. The needle-shaped leaves are long and wide with short soft white hairs. The leaves are on a base long then spread or turn upward and divide into 1–14 final segments long and wide . The
inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...
consists of 35-100 cream-white flowers on a stalk with white soft hairs that is long. The
pedicel
Pedicle or pedicel may refer to:
Human anatomy
*Pedicle of vertebral arch, the segment between the transverse process and the vertebral body, and is often used as a radiographic marker and entry point in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures
...
is long with soft white hairs. The
perianth
The perianth (perigonium, perigon or perigone in monocots) is the non-reproductive part of the flower, and structure that forms an envelope surrounding the sexual organs, consisting of the calyx (sepals) and the corolla (petals) or tepals when ...
has a slight bend, white soft hairs and long. The straight
style is long. It produces white flowers from September to December. The red brown woody fruit are long and wide. The fruit are in clusters, occasionally with soft hairs or smooth, ending with a long beak and inconspicuous horns. The fruit seeds occupy much of the valve and are in length and wide with a wing that goes partially down one side.
Taxonomy and naming
''Hakea ednieana'' was first formally described by Ralph Tate
Ralph Tate (11 March 1840 – 20 September 1901) was a British-born botanist and geologist, who was later active in Australia.
Early life
Tate was born at Alnwick in Northumberland, the son of Thomas Turner Tate (1807–1888), a teacher of math ...
in 1885 and published in '' Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia''.specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
(''ednieana'') honours John Ednie Brown
John Ednie Brown, (1848–1899) J.P., F.L.S., was an author on sylviculture and state conservator of forests.
Biography
The author's contemporary entry in George E. Loyau's ''Notable South Australians'' relates his biographical details:
He ...
who was once the Conservator of Forests in South Australia.[
]
Distribution and habitat
Flinders Range hakea is endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to an area in western New South Wales
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and the Flinders Ranges and Far North of South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
. The plant is often situated on and around rocky cliff faces and along water courses in stony or sandy soils. It is common in South Australia but rare in New South Wales.[
]
References
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ednieana
Flora of New South Wales
Flora of South Australia
Plants described in 1885