Rumicastrum corrigioloides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Montiaceae
Genus: Rumicastrum
Species:
R. corrigioloides
Binomial name
Rumicastrum corrigioloides
(F.Muell. ex Benth.) Carolin (2020)
Synonyms[1]
  • Calandrinia corrigioloides F.Muell. ex Benth. (1863)
  • Claytonia corrigioloides (F.Muell. ex Benth.) F.Muell.
  • Parakeelya corrigioloides (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Hershk. (1998 publ. 1999)

Rumicastrum corrigioloides (synonym Calandrinia corrigioloides) is an annual herb[2] in the family Montiaceae, and is native to Western Australia, South Australia, and Victoria.[3][4][1]

Description

It is a succulent, prostrate herb, with pink-white flowers. It flowers from August to November and grows on sandy soils in swampy depressions, flats, and sand dunes.[2] The stems of the flowers (pedicels) are 0.5–2 mm long and spreading to reflexed in fruit. The bracts are leafy and alternate, the sepals are persistent and the 4 or 5 petals are white to pale-pink. There are 3 to 4 stamens and 3 stigmas 3 which are free to the base. The capsule is three valved and narrow-ovoid to elongate-cylindrical, and the seeds are black, shiny, and smooth and 0.7–1 mm in diameter.[5]

Taxonomy

The species was first described as Calandrinia corrigioloides by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1863.[3][6] The genus Calandrinia was discovered to be paraphyletic, and the Australasian species were moved to genus Rumicastrum in 2020.[1][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Govaerts, R. et al. (2023) Plants of the World Online: Rumicastrum corrigioloides (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Carolin. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. 1 2 "Calandrinia corrigioloides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. 1 2 APNI: Calandrinia corrigioloides F.Muell. ex Benth. Australian Plant Name Index.
  4. ↑ Australasian Virtual Herbarium - Occurrence data for Calandrinia corrigioloides
  5. ↑ SAFlora: Calandrinia corrigioloides. State Herbarium of South Australia, Government of South Australia.
  6. ↑ Bentham, G. (1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 175 [tax. nov.]
  7. ↑ Hershkovitz, M.A. (2020). "Rumicastrum Ulbrich (Montiaceae): a beautiful name for the Australian calandrinias". Phytologia. 102: 116–123.
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