Hibbertia ferox
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Dilleniales |
| Family: | Dilleniaceae |
| Genus: | Hibbertia |
| Species: | H. ferox
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Hibbertia ferox is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a shrub with sharply-pointed linear leaves and yellow flowers, usually with nine stamens in a single group on one side of two glabrous carpels.
Description
[edit]Hibbertia ferox is a multi-stemmed shrub that typically grows to a height of 30–70 cm (12–28 in) and up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) wide. Its leaves are crowded, mostly 5–11 mm (0.20–0.43 in) long, about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) wide and sharply-pointed on a petiole about 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branchlets and are sessile with four or five broadly lance-shaped bracts 2.0–2.5 mm (0.079–0.098 in) long at the base. The five sepals are joined at the base, the three outer sepals about 8 mm (0.31 in) long and the inner sepals up to 10 mm (0.39 in) long. The five petals are yellow, egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base and 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) long with a deep notch at the tip. There are usually nine stamens free from each other on one side of two glabrous carpels.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]Hibbertia ferox was first formally described in 2018 Betsy Rivers Jackes in the journal Austrobaileya from specimens collected in the White Mountains National Park in 2000.[3] The specific epithet (ferox) means "fierce" referring to the sharp point on the end of the leaves.[2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]This hibbertia grows on sandy soils and is common on the Burra Range in the White Mountains National Park.[2]
Conservation status
[edit]Hibbertia ferox is listed as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Hibbertia ferox". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Jackes, Betsy R. (2018). "Hibbertia ferox Jackes (Dilleniaceae), a new species from the White Mountains area of north Queensland". Austrobaileya. 10 (2): 282–285. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Hibbertia ferox". APNI. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Species profile - Hibbertia ferox". Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 21 December 2021.