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Hibbertia andrewsiana

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Hibbertia andrewsiana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Dilleniales
Family: Dilleniaceae
Genus: Hibbertia
Species:
H. andrewsiana
Binomial name
Hibbertia andrewsiana

Hibbertia andrewsiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with an erect or spreading habit and typically grows to a height of 15–60 cm (5.9–23.6 in). It blooms between September and January and produces yellow flowers.[2]

The species was first formally described in 1904 by the botanist Ludwig Diels in Engler's Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie from specimens collected near Esperance.[3][4]

The specific epithet (andrewsiana) honours Cecil Rollo Payton Andrews (1870 to 1951), a schoolteacher and later director of Education in Western Australia. He was also an avid plant collector and served as the President of the Western Australian Natural History Society.[5]

The species has a small and scattered distribution along the south coast of the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia between Ravensthorpe to just east of Esperance where it is found on rocky slopes and undulating plains growing in sandy soils.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "Hibbertia andrewsiana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Hibbertia andrewsiana". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ "Hibbertia andrewsiana". APNI. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  4. ^ Diels, Ludwig; Pritzel, Ernst G.; Engler, Adolf (ed.) (1904). "Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. 35: 387. Retrieved 25 March 2021. {{cite journal}}: |first3= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ Ray Desmond (1994). Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers (2 ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 9780850668438.