Babingtonia grandiflora

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Babingtonia grandiflora
Near Cataby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Babingtonia
Species:
B. grandiflora
Binomial name
Babingtonia grandiflora
(
Benth.) Rye[1]

Babingtonia grandiflora, commonly known as the large flowered babingtonia,

endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a shrub with erect or arching stems, linear leaves and white or pale pink flowers usually arranged singly in leaf axils, each flower with 11 to 25 stamens
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Description

Babingtonia grandiflora is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1.2 m (1 ft 0 in – 3 ft 11 in) and has erect or arching stems. Its leaves are linear to narrowly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 2.5–9 mm (0.098–0.354 in) long and 0.5–1.6 mm (0.020–0.063 in) wide on a

capsule 2.5–3 mm (0.098–0.118 in) long and 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) wide including the flower parts.[3][2]

Taxonomy

This species was first formally described in 1867 by

Murchison Rivers.[4][5] In 2015, Barbara Rye transferred the species to Babingtonia as B. grandiflora in the journal Nuytsia.[3][6] The specific epithet (grandiflora) means "large-flowered".[7]

Distribution and habitat

Babingtonia grandiflora often occurs on rocky hillsides or outcrops from near Northampton to Boonanarring Nature Reserve in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[3][2]

References

  1. ^ "Babingtonia grandiflora". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  2. ^
    Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
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  3. ^ a b c Rye, Barbara L. (2015). "A revision of the south-western Australian genus Babingtonia (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae)". Nuytsia. 25: 239–241. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Babingtonia fascifolia". APNI. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  5. ^ Bentham, George (1867). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 3. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 89. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Babingtonia grandiflora". APNI. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  7. ISBN 9780958034180
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