Hakea ednieana
Hakea ednieana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Proteaceae |
Genus: | Hakea |
Species: | H. ednieana
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Binomial name | |
Hakea ednieana | |
Occurrence data from AVH |
Hakea ednieana, commonly known as Flinders Range hakea[2] or yandena,[3] is a shrub of the Proteaceae 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 2 to 5 metres (6.6 to 16.4 ft) with brown furrowed bark and white hairy smaller branches. The needle-shaped leaves are 2 to 7 centimetres (0.79 to 2.76 in) long and 0.7 to 1.8 millimetres (0.028 to 0.071 in) wide with short soft white hairs. The leaves are on a base 0.6–4 cm (0.24–1.6 in) long then spread or turn upward and divide into 1–14 final segments 0.1–3.6 cm (0.039–1.4 in) long and 0.7–1.8 mm (0.028–0.071 in) wide . The
Taxonomy and naming
Hakea ednieana was first formally described by Ralph Tate in 1885 and published in Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia.[1][6] The specific epithet (ednieana) honours John Ednie Brown who was once the Conservator of Forests in South Australia.[4]
Distribution and habitat
Flinders Range hakea is endemic to an area in western New South Wales and the Flinders Ranges and Far North of South Australia. 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.[2][4]
References
- ^ a b "Hakea ednieana". APNI. Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "Hakea ednieana (Proteaceae) Flinders Range Hakea". Seeds of South Australia. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ "Hakea ednieana Tate Yandena". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ^ a b c "Factsheet - Hakea ednieana". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ISBN 1-877069-14-0.
- ^ Tate, Ralph (1885). "Descriptions of new species of South Australian plants". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia: 70. Retrieved 10 March 2019.