Emblingia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Emblingiaceae (Pax) Airy Shaw |
| Genus: | Emblingia F.Muell. |
| Species: | E. calceoliflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Emblingia calceoliflora | |
Emblingia is a monospecific plant genus containing the species Emblingia calceoliflora, a herbaceous prostrate subshrub endemic to Western Australia. It has no close relatives, and is now generally placed alone in family Emblingiaceae.
Description
It is a
perennial, herbaceous prostrate subshrub, with simple petiolate leaves with "cartilaginous" (hard and tough, resembling cartilage) margins. The irregular, solitary flowers are white, cream, yellow, green or, pink, and occur from August to November. It has a non-fleshy fruit.[1][2][3][4]
Taxonomy
The genus and species were first published in 1861 by
Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae, based on specimens collected in the Murchison region by Pemberton Walcott and Augustus Frederick Oldfield.[5][6]
Placement of the genus within a family has previously been considered a difficult problem; it has at various times been placed in
APG II, Dahlgren, Reveal, Stevens, Takhtajan and Thorne systems.[8] Molecular analyses have confirmed the genus's placement in the Brassicales.[7][9]
Distribution and habitat
It is
Carnarvon biogeographic regions, but also occurs on the north western edge of the Avon Wheatbelt.[4]
Ecology
It is not considered to be threatened.[4]
References
- ^ Watson, L.; M. J. Dallwitz (1992). "Emblingiaceae". The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval. Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
- Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Emblingia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ "Emblingia calceoliflora". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ .
- ^ "USDA - APHIS - Concordance of Family Names: E". Archived from the original on 2007-02-11. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
- S2CID 86218316.
Further reading
- Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae2(15).
- Shaw, H. K. Airy (1965) Kew Bulletin 18:257.
- .
- S2CID 45425138.
External links
- "Emblingia F.Muell". Atlas of Living Australia.