Geleznowia verrucosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Geleznowia
Species:
G. verrucosa
Binomial name
Geleznowia verrucosa

Geleznowia verrucosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae. It is a small shrub with oval-shaped leaves, yellow flowers and is endemic to Western Australia.

Habit

Description

Geleznowia verrucosa is a shrub to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) high with warty branchlets that are covered with star-shaped hairs or scales. The thick, oval-shaped leaves are arranged alternately, 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) long, 2–2.5 mm (0.079–0.098 in) wide, warty, margins flat, leaves covered in scales or star-shaped hairs. The yellow flowers are borne at the end of branchlets, outer yellow-green bracts are 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long, calyx 6–12 mm (0.24–0.47 in) long, warty, mostly smooth except for small, star-shaped hairs on the edges, petals 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) long, overlapping and smooth. Flowering occurs in July to October.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Geleznowia verrucosa was first formally described in 1849 by Ukrainian-Russian botanist Nicolai Stepanovitch Turczaninow and the description was published in Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.[4][5] The specific epithet (verrucosa) means "covered with warts".[6]

Distribution and habitat

This species grows on sand plains and gravelly soils in south-eastern Western Australia north of Perth.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Geleznowia verrucosa". Australian Plant Census.
  2. 1 2 Paczkowska, Grazyna. "Geleznowia verrucosa". Florabase-the Western Australian Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Geleznowia verrucosa". Native Plant Profiles. Australian Native Plant Society (Australia). Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Geleznowia verrucosa". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  5. ↑ Turczaninow, Nicolai Stepanovitch (1849). "Geleznowia verrucosa". Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 22 (13): 13. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (4th ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 345. ISBN 9780958034180.
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