Scaevola canescens
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Scaevola |
| Species: | S. canescens
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Dampiera canescens (Benth.) de Vriese | |
Scaevola canescens is a species of plant in the family Goodeniaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia where it occurs "from Shark Bay to Perth, in open forest and heath in sandy soil".[1]
Description[edit]
Scaevola canescens (grey scaevola)[5] is a shrub growing up to 60 centimetres (24 in) high.[1] It has sessile, entire, oblong to oblanceolate leaves which are 12–85 millimetres (0.47–3.35 in) long and 4–15 millimetres (0.16–0.59 in) wide[1] and densely hairy.[5] It flowers from March to October[5] in axillary spikes up to 10 centimetres (3.9 in) long, the corolla is bearded, and white with brownish veins.[1] The fruit is usually one-seeded.[1]
Distribution[edit]
It grows in the IBRA regions: Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, and Yalgoo.
Etymology[edit]
The specific epithet is Latin:
canescens,-entis (part.B): canescent, “grayish-white. A term applied to hairy surfaces” (Lindley[6]); “hoary with gray pubescence” (Fernald 1950[7]); becoming gray, grayish; in mosses, hoary due to the collective hyaline hair points on the apices of leaves.[8]
Taxonomy[edit]
S. canescens was first described by George Bentham in 1837.[2] A holotype (W0047196) was collected by von Hügel at King Georges Sound, and is kept at Naturhistorisches Museum Wien Botanische Abteilung (W).[9] The earliest Australian record (MEL 1521288A) was collected by J.A.L. Preiss on April 15, 1839, somewhere in the vicinity of Perth.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Carolin, R.C. (1992). "Scaevola canescens". ABRS Flora of Australia. Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 35. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ a b Bentham, G. 1837. in Endlicher, S.F.L., Fenzl, E., Bentham, G. & Schott, H.W. Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad Fluvium Cygnorum et in Sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus liber baro de Hügel, p. 69
- ^ Govaerts, R.; et al. "Scaevola canescens". Plants of the World online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). " Bubo scandiacus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22689055A119342767. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ a b c "Scaevola canescens". FloraBase. Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ Lindley, J. 1849. ed. 6. The Elements of Botany, Structural, Physiological, & Medical: Being a 6th Ed. of the Outline of the First Principles of Botany, with a Sketch of the Artificial Methods of Classification, and a Glossary of Technical Terms.
- ^ Fernald, M.L. (revised). 1950. Gray's Manual of Botany. Ed. 8. American Book Co., New York.
- ^ Eckel, P.M. "A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- ^ "JSTOR Global Plants: Holotype of Scaevola canescens Benth". Retrieved 25 June 2018.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Occurrence record: MEL 1521288A". AVH The Australasian Virtual Herbarium.
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