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Hibbertia vaginata

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Hibbertia vaginata
In the Australian National Botanic Gardens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Dilleniales
Family: Dilleniaceae
Genus: Hibbertia
Species:
H. vaginata
Binomial name
Hibbertia vaginata

Hibbertia vaginata is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 20–75 cm (7.9–29.5 in).[2]

It was first formally described in 1863 by George Bentham who gave it the name Candollea vaginata in Flora Australiensis from specimens collected by James Drummond.[3][4] In 1880, Ferdinand von Mueller changed the name to Hibbertia vaginata in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.[5] The specific epithet (vaginata) means "sheathed", referring to the leaf base.[6]

This hibbertia grows in sandy or gravelly soils in the Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographical regions of south-western Western Australia.[2]

Hibbertia vaginata is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "Hibbertia vaginata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Hibbertia vaginata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ "Candollea vaginata". APNI. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  4. ^ Bentham, George (1863). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 1. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 45. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Hibbertia vaginata". APNI. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  6. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 333. ISBN 9780958034180.