Philotheca eremicola
| Philotheca eremicola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Philotheca |
| Species: | P. eremicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Philotheca eremicola | |
Philotheca eremicola is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small shrub similar to Philotheca coateana but has smaller leaves and different sepals.
Description
[edit]Philotheca eremicola is a shrub that grows to a height of about 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) and has glabrous branchlets. The leaves are crowded near the ends of the branchlets, about 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long, glossy green and glandular-warty. The flowers are borne singly on the ends of the branchlets on slender pedicels about 4 mm (0.16 in) long. There are five egg-shaped to narrow triangular sepals about 3 mm (0.12 in) long with prominent brown glands and five elliptical, white petals with a pink midline and 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) long. The ten stamens are free from each other and hairy.[2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy and naming
[edit]Philotheca eremicola was first formally described in 1998 by Paul Wilson in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected by D.J. Pearson near the Tjirrkarli Community in the Gibson Desert.[4][6]
Distribution
[edit]This species of philotheca is only known from the type location in the Gibson Desert.[3][5]
Conservation status
[edit]This species is classified as "Priority One" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife,[5] meaning that it is known from only one or a few locations which are potentially at risk.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Philotheca eremicola". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ Wilson, Paul G.; Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.) (2013). Flora of Australia (Volume 26). Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. p. 388. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
{{cite book}}:|first2=has generic name (help) - ^ a b Wilson, Paul G.; Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.) (2013). Flora of Australia (Volume 26). Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. p. 388. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
{{cite book}}:|first2=has generic name (help) - ^ a b Wilson, Paul G. (1998). "A Taxonomic Review of the genera Eriostemon and Philotheca". Nuytsia. 12 (2): 251. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "Philotheca eremicola". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Philotheca eremicola". APNI. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 2 August 2020.