Diplolaena cinerea

Diplolaena cinerea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to the west coast of Western Australia. It has pale orange flowers, papery, elliptic shaped leaves that are covered in star-shaped hairs on the upper surface.

Diplolaena cinerea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Sapindales
Family:
Rutaceae
Genus:
Diplolaena
Species:
D. cinerea
Binomial name
Diplolaena cinerea

Description

Diplolaena cinerea is a bushy shrub to 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) high. The leaves are soft, papery, elliptic shaped with flat edges, wedge shaped at the base, rounded at the apex, usually 20–30 mm (0.79–1.18 in) long on a short petiole 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) long. The leaf upperside has soft, silky, short, star-shaped hairs and moderately soft, silky and velvety on lower surface. The flowers are about 2 cm (0.79 in) in diameter, the outer bracts oval, about 10 mm (0.39 in) long, soft, grey, sharp or tapering to a point. The inner bracts are narrowly egg-shaped, slightly longer than outer bracts and densely covered with short, matted, grey hairs. The petals are 9 mm (0.35 in) long with tiny woolly hairs on edges, the stamens about 15 mm (0.59 in) long, green to pale orange, soft, weak, and star-shaped hairs toward the base. Flowering occurs from July to September.[2][3]

Taxonomy

This species was first formally described in 1998 by Paul G. Wilson and the description was published in the journal Nuytsia.[4][5]

Distribution and habitat

Diplolaena cinerea grows mostly in woodlands on gravelly or sandy soils over laterite from Mount Peron to Dandaragan near the west coast of Western Australia.[2]

References
  1. "Diplolaena cinerea". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  2. Wilson, Paul G. (1999). Flora of Australia-Volume 26 Meliaceae, Rutaceae, Zygophyllaceae. Canberra/Melbourne: ABRS-Department of Environment & Heritage. p. 490. ISBN 9780643109551.
  3. Coleman, Helen. "Diplolaena cinerea". FloraBase-the Western Australian Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  4. "Diplolaena cinerea". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  5. Wilson, Paul G. (1998). "Diplolaena (Rutaceae) new taxa and nomenclatural notes". Nuytsia. 12 (1): 112. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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