''Hibbertia monticola'', commonly known as mountain guinea flower,
is a species of flowering plant in the family
Dilleniaceae
Dilleniaceae is a family of flowering plants with 11 genera and about 430 known species. Such a family has been universally recognized by taxonomists. It is known to gardeners for the genus ''Hibbertia'', which contains many commercially valuabl ...
and 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 south-eastern Queensland. It is a shrub with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves, and yellow flowers with many
stamen
The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10
Morphology and terminology
A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...
s arranged around three
glabrous
Glabrousness (from the Latin '' glaber'' meaning "bald", "hairless", "shaved", "smooth") is the technical term for a lack of hair, down, setae, trichomes or other such covering. A glabrous surface may be a natural characteristic of all or part of ...
carpels.
Description
''Hibbertia monticola'' is a shrub that typically grows to a height of up to . The leaves are elliptic to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide on a short
petiole. The edges of the leaves curve downwards, the upper surface has a few white hairs along the mid-vein but the lower surface is glabrous. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils and are
sessile
Sessility, or sessile, may refer to:
* Sessility (motility), organisms which are not able to move about
* Sessility (botany), flowers or leaves that grow directly from the stem or peduncle of a plant
* Sessility (medicine), tumors and polyps that ...
. The five
sepal
A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 The term ''sepalum'' was coined b ...
s are long and joined at the base, with conspicuous white hairs on the edges of the lobes. The five petals are yellow, long with many stamens arranged around three glabrous carpels.
Taxonomy
''Hibbertia monticola'' was first formally described in 1984 by
Trevor Donald Stanley in the journal ''
Austrobaileya
''Austrobaileya'' is the sole genus consisting of a single species that constitutes the entire flowering plant family Austrobaileyaceae. The species ''Austrobaileya scandens'' grows naturally only in the Wet Tropics rainforests of northeast ...
'' from specimens collected by
Cyril Tenison White
Cyril Tenison ("C.T.") White (17 August 1890 – 15 August 1950) was an Australian botanist.
Early life
White was born in Brisbane to Henry White, a trade broker, and Louisa ''nee'' Bailey. He attended school at South Brisbane State School, a ...
on Mount Ernest in 1932.
The
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 ...
(''monticola'') means "dweller in mountains".
Distribution and habitat
Mountain guinea flower is only known from the
Mount Barney National Park
Mount Barney National Park is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 90 km southwest of Brisbane. It amalgamated the adjacent Mount Lindesay National Park in 1980. It is part of the Scenic Rim Important Bird Area, identified as such ...
in south-eastern Queensland, where it grows in rocky places at altitudes above .
Conservation status
This hibbertia is classified as "near threatened" under the Queensland Government ''
Nature Conservation Act 1992
The ''Nature Conservation Act 1992'' is an act of the Parliament of Queensland, Australia, that, together with subordinate legislation, provides for the legislative protection of Queensland's threatened biota.
As originally published, it pro ...
''.
See also
*
List of ''Hibbertia'' species
References
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monticola
Flora of Queensland
Plants described in 1984